Capt. Red Slavit, Frequent Guest On Larry Glick's Show, Passes Away

[Mark Watson]

  Retired Haverhill MA Harbormaster Capt. William "Red" Slavit passed away 
Friday in Haverhill at the age of 86. He was well known not only in the 
Haverhill area for saving countless lives during his over 25 year tenure as 
harbormaster, but was a friend and frequent guest of Larry Glick on his WBZ 
radio show. Glick told the Lawrence Eagle Tribune that Slavit was probably 
one of the most interesting guests he had on his show.

   I also had the pleasure to meet Capt. Red when I was working at the 
former WHAV in Haverhill, as he frequently appeared on the air there as 
well. One cold Winter evening, I was board op for the late Bill Pike's "Open 
Mike" show, when a few minutes into the show I heard pounding on the front 
door of the station building. I ran to the door to find Capt. Red, telling 
me he had just rescued someone from the river and he needed to get on the 
air with Bill Pike right away to share the details. Naturally I let him in, 
and he entered the studio to tell the story on the air.

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Mark Watson