I think it's interesting that while we debate how far we are willing to go to recover the body of the unfortunate fifteen year old girl who drown on the Chattoga, our government is willing to spare no expense to recover the body of JFK Jr. And while I realize there are some extenuating circumstances to each recovery, I can't help but wonder what would have transpired had it been JFK Jr. who had drown on the Chattoga? This is not an opinion, simply an observation. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> > I think it's interesting that while we debate how far we are willing to go > to recover the body of the unfortunate fifteen year old girl who drown on the > Chattoga, our government is willing to spare no expense to recover the body > of JFK Jr. And while I realize there are some extenuating circumstances to > each recovery, I can't help but wonder what would have transpired had it been > JFK Jr. who had drown on the Chattoga? This is not an opinion, simply an > observation. > > Scott I don't think any of the rescuers were at risk while attempting to recover the bodies. As a matter of fact, when it became apparent that conditions were too risky to continue searching, the search was called off. Prior to looking for the bodies, the rescue attempts were to hopefully recover live humans, where in other cases a great deal of expense has been involved to also look for those without connections and famous names (I can think of a several-day rescue attempt that occurred last year off Dana Point for a missing sea kayaker that involved numerous personnel and aircraft). She was not "famous" nor did she have connections to anyone famous that I recall. There is a lot more at stake in the JFK Jr. rescue and recovery attempt than just bodies... that being that a plane went down and it is *extremely* important to Government officials to know why (though they may not ever). They *want* that wreckage. Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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