Tony Vincent:  

I graduated from Nova High School and The Performing Arts in 1975 and immediately enlisted in the United States Air Force and served as a military policeman. Even though I did not pursue a career in the performing arts, I changed my name legally to Anthony Vincent in 1977 (I liked the name I had used for the Performing Arts stage so much that I kept it). I was employed by National Airlines / Pan American World Airways from 1978, and was literally the last flight crew member on the last Pan Am 747 flight from Miami to Los Angeles on December 4th 1991, the day Pan Am went out of business. I continued my airline career with Northwest Airlines until my voluntary retirement in 1998. Twenty years of coffee, tea and me was quite enough! I became involved in animal rescues in 2004 and adopted a severely injured K-9 from the Humane Society of Broward County. Nikki (the dog) and I went on to become the Poster Dog and the Poster Boy for the “Break the Chain” campaign, educating the public about the cruelties of chaining dogs. Nikki and I visited schools, summer camps, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Brownies, city council meetings and vario...Expand for more