THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, September 12, 1995 TAG: 9509120289
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY NANCY LEWIS, CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
Gina Arbogast loved sky-diving. She did it for fun when she wasn't on nursing duty at the Sentara Health Care Center on Independence Boulevard or taking classes at Sentara Norfolk General, preparing for a career as a surgical nurse.
In just the five months she had rented a 57th Street apartment from Jay Bannon, the 28-year-old woman had become ``like a second daughter'' to him, a shaken Bannon said Monday. ``She was quite a gal,'' he said.
``Once a week she'd go sky-diving,'' Bannon said. ``She always told everybody about it.''
Arbogast lived alone and had just started school again, he said. ``She was just interested in going to school. She was a very ambitious young lady.''
Lynn Pine, who worked with Arbogast, said she had been at Sentara for two years.
``She was . . . an excellent nurse and a really good person,'' Pine said.
Arbogast's co-workers were ``in a state of shock all day,'' said Deborah Myers, a spokeswoman for Sentara. ``She was well-liked, a source of joy.''
Arbogast's parents live in Charlottesville, and her sister is a student at James Madison University. ILLUSTRATION: Gina Arbogast, 28, had recently completed student training for
sky-diving and was en route to her first formation jump when the
plane crashed Sunday.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT PLANE FATALITY by CNB