Tony Fernandez:  

Tony is from Goldthwaite, Texas. I originally attended 78th street elementary school and then Bell Jr. High School. I attended Hamilton High School for one year, I would have graduated in 1974, but my family got transferred to Panama. So, instead I got my GED and then attended Canal Zone College in the Panama Canal Zone. Unfortunately, like most young men of that age and in that tropical environment, I spent most of my time and days surfing and scuba diving when not drinking and partying. I worked at the College pub slinging beer. Well I got sick and tired of being sick and hung over so I joined the United States Navy, which I made a career for 16 years. I was declared disabled in 1989 and so went into the private sector grindstone doing salvage diving. In 1996, I was declared 100% disabled. I became a ...Expand for more