EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Zapata Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), intends to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), an annual report of
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (the "Form 10-K") pursuant
to the Act of the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the capacity of a director, officer or both a
director and officer of the Company, as the case may be, does hereby appoint
Leonard DiSalvo as his true and lawful attorney or attorney-in-fact with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and
stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, the
Form 10-K and any and all documents necessary or incidental in connection
therewith, including, without limitation, any amendments to the Form 10-K, and
to file the same with the Commission. Said attorney-in fact shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying
and confirming the acts that said attorney-in-fact or his substitutes or
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
the 26th day of March, 2003.


                                                 /s/ WARREN H. GFELLER
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                                                   Warren H. Gfeller

                                                  /s/ BRYAN G. GLAZER
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                                                    Bryan G. Glazer

                                                 /s/ EDWARD S. GLAZER
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                                                   Edward S. Glazer

                                                 /s/ DARCIE S. GLAZER
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                                                   Darcie S. Glazer

                                              /s/ ROBERT V. LEFFLER, JR.
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                                                Robert V. Leffler, Jr.

                                                  /s/ JOHN R. HALLDOW
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                                                  John R. Halldow


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