Steven
Salika
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Carol Diana Adamic
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Tia Salika-Adamic
Died
in At Sea
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2019
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Space:Santa Cruz Island, California, Conception Dive Boat Fire
Biography
Victim of the Conception dive boat fire.
The Salika family had embarked on the diving expedition to celebrate Tia’s 17th birthday, according to Margo Peyton, the president of Kids Sea Camps (KSC), where Tia started taking scuba diving lessons from the time she was 6.
“They were celebrating Tia’s birthday just the way Tia wanted: Diving,” Peyton tells PEOPLE. “You know the name of the boat was Conception, and Tia was celebrating that. It was such a great tragedy; this is not a common thing.”
“This family loved diving,” Peyton continues. “How happy they are as a family, underwater, learning about corals and fish.”
The family was also with Tia’s classmate, Berenice Felipe, age 16. Peyton says the duo was inseparable, adding that both girls were “very sweet” and “very intelligent coral restoration divers.”
In a statement to PEOPLE, Salika, who worked as a senior manager at Apple for three decades, was remembered by his former employers as a positive force in the company.
“Steve, age 55, was a 30-year Apple veteran whose energy and enthusiasm touched so many people across our company throughout his career,” says Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail + people. “He met his wife Diana, age 60, at Apple and was aboard with her and their daughter.”
Both Tia and Felipe attended Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, NBC News reports.
In a statement on Facebook, school officials wrote that the community is “saddened by the tragic sinking of the diving vessel Conception over the weekend. While this was not a school sponsored trip, our hearts and thoughts are with the families of the victims and those yet missing, particularly those of our students and parents on board. Thank you to the Santa Cruz community and others who have reached out to us to offer condolences and support for our school.”
Sources
- https://people.com/human-interest/family-of-3-daughter-celebrating-birthday-presumed-dead-boat-fire/
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