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110 Years Ago, August 30, 1913

“This Wright family goes back over 200 years,” Floyd Wright said as he pondered a moment on his family tree after completing his wall of honor.

10 years ago – 2013

SALISBURY — Described as “an exceptional employee” who has “demonstrated a dedication and commitment that goes well beyond her ‘regular’ job duties,” Donna Knopf, executive administrative assistant in the Graduate

Floyd Wright obituary shared the details of his sudden demise and how it affected the people around him. Read more in detail.

Floyd wright and john ottenschot admitted they were drinking, but claim they werent intoxicated. they said they didnt see harrys boat because its lights werent on. the propeller tore through nasreens arm and the boats upholstery. the hull struck harry in the head, killing him instantly and leaving paint chips on his body. some think floyd turned around to see what he hit, and not only saw the damage, but also heard nasreens screams. floyd wright and john ottenschot deny this. wright took his boa...

Me. it feels like a heavy part on your chest. feeling something like that for someone is not good. i dont like to feel that, but i do. >> in return for his testimony at the grand jury, john ottenschot was given immunity from prosecution. he now admits that he and floyd were intoxicated. >> ill say, legally, we were probably drunk. wed have got a dwi if i had have gotten pulled over on the way home or if we had gotten pulled over on the way home. probably definitely. >> it was the paint chips, th...

Wright, he, too, said he didnt know what they hit. >> it was a head-on collision. it was nose to nose. >> we dont know because we didnt see it. >> i know because ive seen the boat. >> im just saying, i was there -- >> im not asking. im telling you. >> we heard a thud and we turned around and we looked and we didnt see nothing and we didnt hear nothing. so, we figured wed better get off the water, you know, people were -- because we didnt know what damage we had. >> i find it very difficult to be...

>> they were indistinguishable, one from the other. so, we could conclude from that that they were made up of the same substance, and therefore, they could have common origin. >> but this wasnt conclusive. so, stanbro compared the paint chips from harrys body to the paint on floyds boat. they were heated to 800 degrees centigrade and vaporized so that their chemical components could be measured by a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. again, the chemical composition of both samples was identica...

From the scene and he wasnt charged with anything related to intoxication just makes you question whether our laws have a loophole in allowing someone to leave the scene of a crime so that they cant be charged with being drunk at that time. >> coincidentally, wrights automobile drivers license was suspended at the time due to an arrest for driving while intoxicated. floyd wright was charged with tampering with physical evidence and failing to report an accident. he pled not guilty at the trial, ...