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

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Anonymous wrote:So amazing that this Kennedy family chose Watkins for their child, and that Maeve McKean had a leadership role among Hill Cluster school parents.

i am so impressed.

I read a quote attributed to her that said there wasn’t much money by the 4th generation. Lets face it, she was a Townsend. Her son was a McKean.

They look like a nice, young family and it is so sad to think of their tragic death. Especially little Gideon’s. Rest in peace

We all belong just as much to the maternal sides of our families as the paternal. We have the same percentage of DNA from all our grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. as we do from the line whose last name we happen to use.

Yes - she was just as much a Skakel as she was a Kennedy as she was a part of her paternal grandparents.

My point being - don’t focus on her being a Kennedy because she was only a little part Kennedy but focus on a young mom in our community who drowned in a terrible accident with her young son

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So amazing that this Kennedy family chose Watkins for their child, and that Maeve McKean had a leadership role among Hill Cluster school parents.

i am so impressed.

I read a quote attributed to her that said there wasn’t much money by the 4th generation. Lets face it, she was a Townsend. Her son was a McKean.

They look like a nice, young family and it is so sad to think of their tragic death. Especially little Gideon’s. Rest in peace

We all belong just as much to the maternal sides of our families as the paternal. We have the same percentage of DNA from all our grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. as we do from the line whose last name we happen to use.

Yes - she was just as much a Skakel as she was a Kennedy as she was a part of her paternal grandparents.

My point being - don’t focus on her being a Kennedy because she was only a little part Kennedy but focus on a young mom in our community who drowned in a terrible accident with her young son

This. It’s horrible for her family, especially the surviving children. A reminder that wealth is not a perfect shelter against tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am absolutely heartsick over this story. To me, it sounds like the family lived in a small DC home with no yard, went to their family home on the water for a getaway. They kicked a ball into the water.

The mom was having fun being with the child, and having a nice break from work. Being that covid is going around, they didn't want to lose the ball.

They thought it would be fun to hop into a canoe on the property and chase the ball, and got sucked out into the bay. Where else would one find a soccer ball during covid when nothing is being delivered timely right now, everything is closed? They were having fun, being playful.

No one was on the water. The governor had just called for stay at home orders. They must have been in distress, and no one was around to help them.

The mother or son saw one another drown and struggle, lose each other. They fought and struggled in the hard winds and whipping waves.

Look at the eyes of the members of this family when you see pictures of them online. They are good, happy people. This mother loved her family. The father is used to being in the spotlight in the Kennedy family, and an attorney (hence, his ability to be able to address the thousands of messages pouring in). They all sparkled before this. It was an awful tragedy. Please stop the INSANE rumors that there could have been any foul play.

God bless this entire family, especially Maeve and Gideon who suffered an untimely, tragic death.

Yes, no one else was on the water. The water temp was too low and it was too windy - that’s why. They shouldn’t have been on the water either.

[Anonymous]

I keep thinking about my ridiculous MIL, wealthy with a second home not far from where this happened. We had constant battles over life jackets. I would not allow my kids on the dock, much less in one of the boats, without life jackets, which often were not around (even after we purchased them--they would go missing) and she would roll her eyes on a good day, pull my husband aside and tell him I was just purposely trying to ruin things on typical days. We don't go out there anymore. I wonder if she's reading about this story and rethinking her stance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep thinking about my ridiculous MIL, wealthy with a second home not far from where this happened. We had constant battles over life jackets. I would not allow my kids on the dock, much less in one of the boats, without life jackets, which often were not around (even after we purchased them--they would go missing) and she would roll her eyes on a good day, pull my husband aside and tell him I was just purposely trying to ruin things on typical days. We don't go out there anymore. I wonder if she's reading about this story and rethinking her stance.

I also had disagreements with my in-laws about water safety over the years. Then they took my wife on a vacation during which she drowned while snorkeling alone. I think they still claim that she had a heart attack in the water to their friends.

[Anonymous]

I find this tragedy unimaginably depressing. Such an innocent quick hop on a canoe to grab the ball, and it turns into this. It's just so senseless.

[Anonymous]

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

What’s really sad is those resources allocated to this search (3D sidescan sonar from the US Navy) would never have been made available in the search for an ordinary person.

I say this because a good friend of ours was lost overboard only a few miles from where this happened. There was a search the day he went missing, which was suspended after ONE day, and DNR basically said “he’ll turn up somewhere, and when someone finds his body, we’ll recover it”.

And that’s EXACTLY what happened. 6 weeks later. After he washed up on a beach and was mostly picked apart by crabs and buzzards. That’s what they do when the person missing isn’t American Royalty. They look for a few hours, and then they declare you fish food.


It’s absolutely shameful that so many resources are being dedicated to this search that wouldn’t be used if it was you or I missing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So amazing that this Kennedy family chose Watkins for their child, and that Maeve McKean had a leadership role among Hill Cluster school parents.

i am so impressed.

I read a quote attributed to her that said there wasn’t much money by the 4th generation. Lets face it, she was a Townsend. Her son was a McKean.

They look like a nice, young family and it is so sad to think of their tragic death. Especially little Gideon’s. Rest in peace

But there are so many other options for families like that...Chesterbrook, Rosemary Hills, Bethesda Elementary, Arlington et al.

I’m impressed that they chose to invest in the community, and that she assumed a leadership role.

My son is one of those third graders, and I’m also on the PTA. Watkins is a very good school, and many of us who could go somewhere else are choosing it, just like Maeve did. She saw what we see, and she was having a huge impact as PTA President. She will be sorely missed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep thinking about my ridiculous MIL, wealthy with a second home not far from where this happened. We had constant battles over life jackets. I would not allow my kids on the dock, much less in one of the boats, without life jackets, which often were not around (even after we purchased them--they would go missing) and she would roll her eyes on a good day, pull my husband aside and tell him I was just purposely trying to ruin things on typical days. We don't go out there anymore. I wonder if she's reading about this story and rethinking her stance.

I also had disagreements with my in-laws about water safety over the years. Then they took my wife on a vacation during which she drowned while snorkeling alone. I think they still claim that she had a heart attack in the water to their friends.

Your wife drowned???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

What’s really sad is those resources allocated to this search (3D sidescan sonar from the US Navy) would never have been made available in the search for an ordinary person.

I say this because a good friend of ours was lost overboard only a few miles from where this happened. There was a search the day he went missing, which was suspended after ONE day, and DNR basically said “he’ll turn up somewhere, and when someone finds his body, we’ll recover it”.

And that’s EXACTLY what happened. 6 weeks later. After he washed up on a beach and was mostly picked apart by crabs and buzzards. That’s what they do when the person missing isn’t American Royalty. They look for a few hours, and then they declare you fish food.


It’s absolutely shameful that so many resources are being dedicated to this search that wouldn’t be used if it was you or I missing

Remember the resources that were used to try and locate those two poor boys in Jupiter, FL? I have never forgotten this story and their bodies were never found.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep thinking about my ridiculous MIL, wealthy with a second home not far from where this happened. We had constant battles over life jackets. I would not allow my kids on the dock, much less in one of the boats, without life jackets, which often were not around (even after we purchased them--they would go missing) and she would roll her eyes on a good day, pull my husband aside and tell him I was just purposely trying to ruin things on typical days. We don't go out there anymore. I wonder if she's reading about this story and rethinking her stance.

I also had disagreements with my in-laws about water safety over the years. Then they took my wife on a vacation during which she drowned while snorkeling alone. I think they still claim that she had a heart attack in the water to their friends.

I am so very sorry for your loss. How horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep thinking about my ridiculous MIL, wealthy with a second home not far from where this happened. We had constant battles over life jackets. I would not allow my kids on the dock, much less in one of the boats, without life jackets, which often were not around (even after we purchased them--they would go missing) and she would roll her eyes on a good day, pull my husband aside and tell him I was just purposely trying to ruin things on typical days. We don't go out there anymore. I wonder if she's reading about this story and rethinking her stance.

I also had disagreements with my in-laws about water safety over the years. Then they took my wife on a vacation during which she drowned while snorkeling alone. I think they still claim that she had a heart attack in the water to their friends.

Your wife drowned???

Sadly, yes. Three years ago this past Sunday.

She spent summers by the water and loved to snorkel. This story hits close to home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep thinking about my ridiculous MIL, wealthy with a second home not far from where this happened. We had constant battles over life jackets. I would not allow my kids on the dock, much less in one of the boats, without life jackets, which often were not around (even after we purchased them--they would go missing) and she would roll her eyes on a good day, pull my husband aside and tell him I was just purposely trying to ruin things on typical days. We don't go out there anymore. I wonder if she's reading about this story and rethinking her stance.

I also had disagreements with my in-laws about water safety over the years. Then they took my wife on a vacation during which she drowned while snorkeling alone. I think they still claim that she had a heart attack in the water to their friends.

I am so very sorry for your loss. How horrible.

Thank you. The water is often more dangerous than people realize.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t read the entire thread but the timeline is a bit confusing to me. One thing I read said that first responders were in the scene within five minutes? Also Maeve and son were seen out in the bay struggling to get back to shore something like a half hour after leaving the dock? It just seems strange they couldn’t get someone out in the water to help them sooner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

What’s really sad is those resources allocated to this search (3D sidescan sonar from the US Navy) would never have been made available in the search for an ordinary person.

I say this because a good friend of ours was lost overboard only a few miles from where this happened. There was a search the day he went missing, which was suspended after ONE day, and DNR basically said “he’ll turn up somewhere, and when someone finds his body, we’ll recover it”.

And that’s EXACTLY what happened. 6 weeks later. After he washed up on a beach and was mostly picked apart by crabs and buzzards. That’s what they do when the person missing isn’t American Royalty. They look for a few hours, and then they declare you fish food.


It’s absolutely shameful that so many resources are being dedicated to this search that wouldn’t be used if it was you or I missing

You have a point. Will the Kennedy family reimburse taxpayers for the cost of using all these resources? I suspect the answer is "NO."