Mother and child lost in tragic Chesapeake Bay accident, possible connection to former Lt. Governor.

[Anonymous]

This story seems sketch. Also his letter to friends and family reads like a eulogy. How could anyone be in the right frame of mind to write that so soon?

I bet there is more to this story.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re all disgusting speculating about this. A little boy is dead. I can’t believe Jeff is allowing this thread to go on with the people easily identifiable and a grieving local family dealing with the unthinkable.

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+1 I'm disgusted. Some people here are just pathetic gossipers.

The last three posters have done nothing but bump this thread to the top or Recent Topics. If you don't like this thread, I suggest that you don't post in it.

People are dead. How incredibly hideous. Those of us who know them are obviously drawn to the thread. You obviously care much more about clicks than you do about protecting a devastated family. Speaks volumes. I try to report privately and you still did not acknowledge.

[Anonymous]

*tried

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re all disgusting speculating about this. A little boy is dead. I can’t believe Jeff is allowing this thread to go on with the people easily identifiable and a grieving local family dealing with the unthinkable.

Plus 1

+1 I'm disgusted. Some people here are just pathetic gossipers.

The last three posters have done nothing but bump this thread to the top or Recent Topics. If you don't like this thread, I suggest that you don't post in it.

People are dead. How incredibly hideous. Those of us who know them are obviously drawn to the thread. You obviously care much more about clicks than you do about protecting a devastated family. Speaks volumes. I try to report privately and you still did not acknowledge.

Yet again, you bumped this thread. If you’re so upset by it, then stop reading it and absolutely stop bumping the thread.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re all disgusting speculating about this. A little boy is dead. I can’t believe Jeff is allowing this thread to go on with the people easily identifiable and a grieving local family dealing with the unthinkable.

Plus 1

+1 I'm disgusted. Some people here are just pathetic gossipers.

The last three posters have done nothing but bump this thread to the top or Recent Topics. If you don't like this thread, I suggest that you don't post in it.

People are dead. How incredibly hideous. Those of us who know them are obviously drawn to the thread. You obviously care much more about clicks than you do about protecting a devastated family. Speaks volumes. I try to report privately and you still did not acknowledge.

I've removed several posts from this thread but to expect that this topic not be discussed at all is completely absurd. It is a story that people want to discuss just as you can't help yourself from coming to read it. If you want the thread to die, stop bumping it. You have repeatedly put it right back to the top of Recent Topics and given far greater exposure than if you would just leave it alone.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re all disgusting speculating about this. A little boy is dead. I can’t believe Jeff is allowing this thread to go on with the people easily identifiable and a grieving local family dealing with the unthinkable.

Plus 1

+1 I'm disgusted. Some people here are just pathetic gossipers.

The last three posters have done nothing but bump this thread to the top or Recent Topics. If you don't like this thread, I suggest that you don't post in it.

People are dead. How incredibly hideous. Those of us who know them are obviously drawn to the thread. You obviously care much more about clicks than you do about protecting a devastated family. Speaks volumes. I try to report privately and you still did not acknowledge.

I've removed several posts from this thread but to expect that this topic not be discussed at all is completely absurd. It is a story that people want to discuss just as you can't help yourself from coming to read it. If you want the thread to die, stop bumping it. You have repeatedly put it right back to the top of Recent Topics and given far greater exposure than if you would just leave it alone.

Wow, this is uncharacteristically cold-hearted. People that know the family are ask asking for respect. To blame people who know them for bumping it (oh look, I'm doing it too!) when you are ignoring reporting it in other channels and could just delete it is... pretty messed up. You've deleted threads for MUCH less. Yikes.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re all disgusting speculating about this. A little boy is dead. I can’t believe Jeff is allowing this thread to go on with the people easily identifiable and a grieving local family dealing with the unthinkable.

Plus 1

+1 I'm disgusted. Some people here are just pathetic gossipers.

The last three posters have done nothing but bump this thread to the top or Recent Topics. If you don't like this thread, I suggest that you don't post in it.

People are dead. How incredibly hideous. Those of us who know them are obviously drawn to the thread. You obviously care much more about clicks than you do about protecting a devastated family. Speaks volumes. I try to report privately and you still did not acknowledge.

I've removed several posts from this thread but to expect that this topic not be discussed at all is completely absurd. It is a story that people want to discuss just as you can't help yourself from coming to read it. If you want the thread to die, stop bumping it. You have repeatedly put it right back to the top of Recent Topics and given far greater exposure than if you would just leave it alone.

Wow, this is uncharacteristically cold-hearted. People that know the family are ask asking for respect. To blame people who know them for bumping it (oh look, I'm doing it too!) when you are ignoring reporting it in other channels and could just delete it is... pretty messed up. You've deleted threads for MUCH less. Yikes.

Yep, you just bumped and gave more exposure to a thread you believe should be deleted. The problem is not me.

[Anonymous]

If they wore PFD's they'd be alive, probably. They wouldn't have gotten hypothermic before they could be found

[Anonymous]

I believe that this will be spun as another "Kennedy curse tragedy" rather than a cautionary tale about the importance of life jackets when in the water.

I have yet to see any traditional coverage of this event commenting on the fact that they were likely not wearing life jackets. Thus, I support the discussion on this thread, and I support Jeff for his decision not to shut it down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe that this will be spun as another "Kennedy curse tragedy" rather than a cautionary tale about the importance of life jackets when in the water.

I have yet to see any traditional coverage of this event commenting on the fact that they were likely not wearing life jackets. Thus, I support the discussion on this thread, and I support Jeff for his decision not to shut it down.

The curse prediction has already happened on this thread, at least once.

Agree with your point on the life vests. But I can honestly see the spur of the moment decision to get in the canoe without one and think - oh I’m only going out 20’. We don’t SO MANY dumb things on a daily basis without ramifications. I hope that there is an increased discussion on the importance of life vests, but I can understand why this woman did what she did.

[Anonymous]

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a32053810/kennedy-family-grieving-maeve-gideon-zoom-online/


Instagram postings by Kennedy family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they wore PFD's they'd be alive, probably. They wouldn't have gotten hypothermic before they could be found

I lived in the same community that this occurred (Cedarhurst on The Bay), and I can tell you this with absolute certainty- if they would’ve simply gotten OUT of the canoe within the first 10 minutes of struggling and realizing they couldn’t fight the wind, AND THEN STOOD UP, they’d still be alive. They could’ve walked back to shore.

There is a giant sandbar immediately offshore of where they went into the water. It extends out for about 1/3 of a mile offshore before the water starts to get deep. All the local boaters know about this sandbar, but for some reason the Kennedys didn’t.

But they literally could’ve jumped out of the canoe and been in water no deeper than their waist.

[Anonymous]

Well, they found her. 2.5 miles south of her mother's home and under 25 feet of water.

[Anonymous]

So sad it had to end this way when all of this could have been prevented in so many ways. Why didn't they have life jackets on, why didn't they hop out of the canoe when it started to drift erratically, why was her son in the canoe, why did they chose to "save" the ball...not thinking about their own lives. So sad and all for a foolish, hasty decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they wore PFD's they'd be alive, probably. They wouldn't have gotten hypothermic before they could be found

I lived in the same community that this occurred (Cedarhurst on The Bay), and I can tell you this with absolute certainty- if they would’ve simply gotten OUT of the canoe within the first 10 minutes of struggling and realizing they couldn’t fight the wind, AND THEN STOOD UP, they’d still be alive. They could’ve walked back to shore.

There is a giant sandbar immediately offshore of where they went into the water. It extends out for about 1/3 of a mile offshore before the water starts to get deep. All the local boaters know about this sandbar, but for some reason the Kennedys didn’t.

But they literally could’ve jumped out of the canoe and been in water no deeper than their waist.

Hmm. Maybe she hadn’t spent much time on the water there. I can imagine many family dinners etc without a serious understanding of the water. It is tragic. So many points along the decision tree could have changed the outcome. We can all be thankful for our own examples where nothing went awry, and be careful in the future. So sorry for the husband and younger child.