PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Roy Halladay loved playing baseball. But as soon as his career was over, Halladay couldn’t wait to follow in his father’s footsteps and acquire his pilot’s license.
On Tuesday, Halladay’s tragically lost his life when he crashed his ICON A5 single-engine aircraft into the Gulf of Mexico.
Halladay received the aircraft that he promoted in a video just one month ago. In the video, Halladay’s wife — Brandy — expressed her discomfort with his desire to fly.
“I didn’t grow up the way Roy did, I didn’t grow up with airplanes or a comfort level like he did in small airplanes,” she said in the YouTube video.