Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Air Force pilot mortally wounded around accident ended up being Wantagh grad


From his years as a child days launching model planes on the Bethpage State Park Polo Grounds that will his or her distinguished Air Force career, Capt. Mark P. Graziano were located his / her existence seeking for that skies until finally he or she died throughout a training mandate with the Mojave Desert.

Graziano, 30, your Wantagh native, appeared to be piloting some sort of T-38A supersonic aircraft Thursday together with older navigator Maj. Lee V. Jones once the aircraft gone down near California City, Calif., regarding seven mile after mile north of Edwards Air Force Base, in line with his or her family as well as your base.

Jones ejected with the jet plus was in dependable affliction at a Bakersfield hospital, a new report on the base said.

Graziano's family around Wantagh went on many assess associated with ease in this he / she died pursuing his or her passion.

"He built his or her own beer," Helen Graziano added.

"He designed his own beer-making equipment," Gary Graziano replied.

But your dog was some sort of flyboy very first as well as foremost. Graziano possessed continually adored planes seeing that some sort of child, while your dog grew to become your pilot, he / she beloved soaring with the skies possibly more.

"He will get thus tense in relation to obtaining a counter work on a rainy day when just about all this individual wanted to undertake was fly," said Graziano's girlfriend, Katie Zlotek, 30, a new pediatric nurse from New Hampshire which shifted to help San Diego last year in order to always be nearer to be able to him.

"He seemed to be merely interested using staying way up high, proceeding fast, your mechanics of them all," mentioned his young brother Nicholas, 23.





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