David Bright (June 29, 1957 - July 8, 2006) was a professional Wreck Diver. He was the president of the Nautical Research Group, which he founded in 2003, and an avid contributor to documentaries on shipwrecks. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wreck diving is a type of recreational diving where shipwrecks are explored. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early life

David A. Bright was born in Niagara Falls, New York in 1957. He was on his school's swim team and one of his coaches asked if he would be interested in taking scuba lessons. He became a certified scuba diver at 13 years old and started diving around the New York and Canadian areas. He received two bachelors' degrees in biology and german, and two years later got a masters in Physiology, all from Penn State. Niagara Falls, New York, Rainbow Bridge and the American Falls from Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, Ontario. ... SCUBA is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. ... Biology is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ...

Diving Career

After working for pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, David returned to diving full time. He began searching famous wrecks like the Titanic, Empress of Ireland, the USS Monitor, and the SS Andrea Doria. His findings helped him get into many documentaries about shipwrecks. He was a member of the Explorer's Club, the Marine Technology Society, American Academy of Underwater Sciences, North American Society of Oceanic History, Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society and the Pennsylvania State University Eberly College of Science Alumni Board of Directors. Pfizer, Incorporated (NYSE: PFE), is the worlds largest pharmaceutical company based in New York City. ... Look up titanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The RMS Empress of Ireland was a steamship owned by Canadian Pacific that sailed between Quebec City, Quebec, Canada and Liverpool, United Kingdom. ... USS Monitor was an ironclad warship (the first ever) of the United States Navy. ... SS Andrea Doria listing in the morning after the collision in the Atlantic Ocean, July 26, 1956. ... The Explorers Club is international organization formed by the survivors of Frederick Cooks 1894 Arctic expedition. ...

Andrea Doria

David was one of the first divers to explore the Andrea Dorea shipwreck, near Nantucket. His first expedition to the wreck showed that the SS Stockholm had caused much more damage to the Dorea than had been originally thought. He kept diving to what many considered the Mt. Everest of diving, even after 13 other divers died exploring the wreck. On July 8th, while diving to figure out if any damage was caused to the keel of the ship, Bright suffered from Decompression sickness and went into cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital. Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed of glacial moraine. ... There have been three ocean liners named Stockholm. ... Decompression sickness (DCS), divers disease, the bends, or caisson disease is the name given to a variety of symptoms suffered by a person exposed to a reduction in the pressure surrounding their body. ...