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Condolences to his family and best of luck finding him. Hopefully he's okay. A player like Nelson doesn't deserve this.
Nelson's father missing; divers searching Delaware River
Associated Press
Updated: August 31, 2007, 9:37 PM ET
CHESTER, Pa. -- The disappearance of Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson's father has mystified his fellow workers at a Delaware River tugboat company, where he was last seen walking across a dock Thursday.
Divers, the U.S. Coast Guard and searchers with dogs looked for Floyd "Pete" Nelson in and around the fast-moving river Friday. The 57-year-old had been working Thursday in a dry dock area and was last seen walking toward a tug used as a break room, according to Harry Hays, the owner of Hays Tug & Launch Service.
The search was suspended around 4 p.m.
"We didn't see nothing or hear nothing, and the boys on the dry docks heard nothing, seen nothing. So it's a mystery to all of us," Hays said Friday.
Nelson's girlfriend and two sons have been on the scene, Hays said. Jameer Nelson arrived Friday morning and was seen speaking with officials involved in the search.
Floyd Nelson was last seen at about 11 a.m. Thursday. His lunch and car keys were found in the tug's kitchen area, and his car was nearby, Chester Police Chief John Finnegan said. Searchers were examining a 3-foot gap between the tug and the dock.
"If he was in that location and something happened to him medically, he might have fallen over," Finnegan said. "I can't think of anything else, unless he walked off, but I don't know why he would."
Nelson, a welder, had worked for the company for about a decade.
"His son wanted him retired, but he said, 'No way. I love my job.' He just told me that about a month ago," Hays said. "He's a wonderful guy. Everybody liked him."
Nelson, a Vietnam War veteran, wrote a book about his son's basketball career in 2004 en led "Jameer." The Magic drafted his son out of Saint Joseph's in the first round in 2004.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2998988
Condolences to his family and best of luck finding him. Hopefully he's okay. A player like Nelson doesn't deserve this.
Goddamn I hate stories like this. I pray he is found and that all is well.
That comment implies that there are players or people that do deserve this.
Dude you know what I mean. Don't start an argument in a thread like this.
Amen to that.
It seems like a lot of threads are going the argument road these days.
I hope he's found alive and well.
Not starting an argument. And, just read what you wrote. It does sound like you imply there are people that deserve this. Just pointing it out. Personally, I don't care about the story. There are thousands of people that face something tragic like this every year, but cuz they aint famous, you never hear about it. It's tragic. That's fine. I feel for everyone who goes through a tragedy but doesn't have fame or money to get publicity to help them in their situation.
These stories around water rarely turn out positive. Some kind of dumb, stupid, freak accident.
Yea, this is all over the Philly news here. I saw them at the Phillies game just a couple of weeks ago. He had a heart condition so they are saying that he may have had a heart attack and fallen into the river.
Condolences to his family
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
Body found
Cops: Man pulled from river probably Nelson's dad
Posted: Saturday September 1, 2007 6:19PM; Updated: Saturday September 1, 2007 6:19PM
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Authorities pulled a body from the Delaware River on Saturday and there is a "strong likelihood" it is the missing father of Orlando Magic star Jameer Nelson, police said.
Floyd "Pete" Nelson, 57, an employee at a tugboat company, was last seen Thursday working in a dry dock area in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pa. Divers and trained dogs searched the river all day Friday but the search was suspended around 4 p.m.
Police in Delaware said a boater called 911 on Saturday after spotting the body of a black male floating in the river near Fox Point Park in Wilmington. The body was recovered around 2 p.m.
There was a "strong likelihood" that the body was Floyd Nelson's but police were unable to confirm it, said Delaware State Police spokesman Sgt. Joshua A. Bushweller.
"We're going to do official fingerprinting, or a family member may do a positive identification," Bushweller said.
Floyd Nelson's lunch and car keys were found in the tug's kitchen area, and his car was nearby, according to Chester police. Nelson, a welder, has worked for the tub boat company for about a decade.
Jameer Nelson was a basketball standout at Chester High School and Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He was a first-round draft pick in the 2004 NBA draft and is the starting point guard for the Magic.
Police: Body likely to be that of Jameer Nelson's father
September 1, 2007
AP - Aug 31, 11:48 am EDT
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Authorities pulled a body from the Delaware River on Saturday and there is a "strong likelihood" it is the missing father of Orlando Magic star Jameer Nelson, police said.
Floyd "Pete" Nelson, 57, an employee at a tugboat company, was last seen Thursday working in a dry dock area in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pa. Divers and trained dogs searched the river all day Friday but the search was suspended around 4 p.m.
Police in Delaware said a boater called 911 on Saturday after spotting the body of a black male floating in the river near Fox Point Park in Wilmington. The body was recovered around 2 p.m.
There was a "strong likelihood" that the body was Floyd Nelson's but police were unable to confirm it, said Delaware State Police spokesman Sgt. Joshua A. Bushweller.
"We're going to do official fingerprinting, or a family member may do a positive identification," Bushweller said.
Floyd Nelson's lunch and car keys were found in the tug's kitchen area, and his car was nearby, according to Chester police. Nelson, a welder, has worked for the tub boat company for about a decade.
Jameer Nelson was a basketball standout at Chester High School and Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He was a first-round draft pick in the 2004 NBA draft and is the starting point guard for the Magic.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
Ha. But back to the topic:How sad. Condolences to the Nelson family.
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