User:Michaelfarb/Roderick Farb

Roderick Morris Farb, better known as Rod, was born June 6th, 1946 in Mobile, Alabama. An avid underwater photographer and shipwreck researcher. He was also the author of the books Shipwrecks: Diving the Graveyard of the Atlantic and Guide to Shipwreck Diving: North Carolina. Rod worked in collaboration with many different divers including John McKenney and

Early Life
Started in Mobile Bay

Career
When he's not exploring shipwrecks or writing about them, Farb worked full time as a research associate in biochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [4]

Scuba Diving

 * Rod started his diving career in Mobile Bay ______ and continued on for _____ years. He had many different dives, but he was seen by many as one of the foremost experts of :the USS Monitor wreck site.
 * The Farb Monitor Expedition


 * June 1990:
 * The first National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA-permitted dives on the USS Monitor by private recreational divers. Rod was the first to dive the :::Monitor. Today, the remains of the USS Monitor rest on the ocean floor off North Carolina's Outer Banks, where the ship sank in a storm on December 31, 1862. Discovered in :::1973, the Monitor wreck site was designated the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and is managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The :::purpose of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is to preserve the historic record of this significant vessel and to interpret her role in shaping US naval history. [1]

Filmography

 * He was the rebreather technician on the set of the documentarys Galapagos (1999) and Forbidden Depths (1999).

Photography

 * Arctic


 * Underwater

Author

 * Rod began writing books and guides to document his diving experiences. Over the years, he has compiled all of his experiences and tips into a Guide to Shipwreck Diving in North Carolina. He also wrote a book about all of his dive trips of the North Carolina Coast.
 * Guide to Shipwreck Diving: North Carolina


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 * Shipwrecks: Diving the Graveyard of the Atlantic


 * Rod Farb, a PADI divemaster with decades of diving experience, has led innumerable dive trips to the wrecks off the North Carolina Coast. Shipwrecks is the chronicle :::of his underwater adventures diving the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." Now, this acknowledged classic is in its second edition, with over 100 new pages of additional :::information. Farb's accounts of eight new wreck dives have been added, along with an extensive description of the expedition dive of the great Civil War ship the USS Monitor. Divers and historians will find this completely revised and updated second edition, with almost 80 near shore and offshore wreck sites, to be the best volume on :::shipwrecks in the regions. This edition of Shipwrecks features: A comprehensive overview of each wreck, instructions for diving from both a boat and the beach, vivid :::descriptions of Rod Farb's underwater adventures, masterful underwater photographs and illustrations as well as appendixes with information about underwater photography, :::charter dive services, the divers alert network, and state and federal statutes governing underwater salvage.

Pilot
Rod interest in planes only were used as a hobby. On June 5th, 1999 he was using the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Horace Williams Airport and was hospitalized after crashing in a wooded area off Seawell School Road. Authorities say he over shot the runway and attempted to correct his mistake by increasing his altitude. At that point he did not have enough speed and power to retry the landing and crashed into the woods. Farb pleaded guilty to flying while impaired. Tests showed he had the active ingredient in marijuana in his system at the time of the crash. Rod recovered after the crash.

Death
Detectives said Rod shot his wife and two other people just before 7 a.m. May 19th, 2003 at a residence near Mebane and then killed himself. Deputies said they responded to a domestic-violence call of shots being fired. Upon their arrival, they set up a perimeter around the residence and observed what appeared to be bullet holes in the windows of the home. Deputies said they did not see any movement or hear any noises inside the house and that attempts to contact anyone inside the home proved futile. Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Special Emergency Response Team then made a forced entry into the residence and discovered four dead bodies with injuries that appeared to be inflicted by a firearm. The wounds on a victim identified as Farb appeared to be self-inflicted. The victims were identified as Farb's wife, Erin Elizabeth Farb and her 9-year-old daughter, Ashley Thomas. A man from Utah who was reportedly staying with the family to protect Erin Farb from her husband was also killed. Neighbors said they could hear gunshots as they took their children to school. A family friend said Erin Farb's 18-year-old son, Brandon, was getting on the school bus when he heard the gunfire from inside the home. Rod and Erin Farb reportedly had been having marital problems. Erin reportedly feared for her life, which is why her male friend was at the house on Monday. Neighbors said Erin was planning to file for a divorce and a restraining order against her husband. He name is carried on by his two sons Michael and Jonathan Farb.