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

[Anonymous]

If you're wearing a PFD as you are supposed to, they dont need sidescan sonar to find your corpse. It either floats, or you swim to shore and are home in time for (a late) dinner.

Sad.

[Anonymous]

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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."

I would expect the extensive search was done out of respect for her mother, Kathleen, and in honor of her many years service as Lt. Governor of Maryland. Not simply because Maeve belonged to the Kennedy family. Similar to the extensive search expenses for JFK Jr., out of respect for the service of his parents.

[Anonymous]

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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.

So sorry!

[Anonymous]

They found Gideon:

https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/04/body-of-kathleen-kennedy-townsends-grandson-found/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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."

I would expect the extensive search was done out of respect for her mother, Kathleen, and in honor of her many years service as Lt. Governor of Maryland. Not simply because Maeve belonged to the Kennedy family. Similar to the extensive search expenses for JFK Jr., out of respect for the service of his parents.

Service? Gimme a break!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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."

I would expect the extensive search was done out of respect for her mother, Kathleen, and in honor of her many years service as Lt. Governor of Maryland. Not simply because Maeve belonged to the Kennedy family. Similar to the extensive search expenses for JFK Jr., out of respect for the service of his parents.

Service? Gimme a break!

What do you mean? Why so angry? JFK Jr.’s parents service as President and First Lady of the USA. You don’t think that is public service? I cannot help you if you take offense at what I wrote.

[Anonymous]

That poor little boy. So glad they found him...

[Anonymous]

Sad story. Hit us pretty hard because we've done similar with the kids.

[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.

Different eras. But yes, I know exactly what you mean. Went through similar with my parents when our kids were younger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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."

I would expect the extensive search was done out of respect for her mother, Kathleen, and in honor of her many years service as Lt. Governor of Maryland. Not simply because Maeve belonged to the Kennedy family. Similar to the extensive search expenses for JFK Jr., out of respect for the service of his parents.

Service? Gimme a break!

What do you mean? Why so angry? JFK Jr.’s parents service as President and First Lady of the USA. You don’t think that is public service? I cannot help you if you take offense at what I wrote.

And Maeve’s mother was the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland for eight years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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."

I would expect the extensive search was done out of respect for her mother, Kathleen, and in honor of her many years service as Lt. Governor of Maryland. Not simply because Maeve belonged to the Kennedy family. Similar to the extensive search expenses for JFK Jr., out of respect for the service of his parents.

Just so you understand that overtime won’t even be authorized in the search for YOUR missing kid, though.

If you’re ok with that, then I guess that works for you.

Me, I’m not ok with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're wearing a PFD as you are supposed to, they dont need sidescan sonar to find your corpse. It either floats, or you swim to shore and are home in time for (a late) dinner.

Sad.

Bingo.

What they did was basically the boating-equivalent to drunk driving a motorcycle with no helmet, while texting.

Would DCUM be so forgiving of someone named “Jenkins” who died doing that?

Nah. They’d snugly say “serves them right”.

[Anonymous]

Just a sad tragedy all around. Horrible.

[Anonymous]

In that family picture they show with Maeve in the pink dress, who is the teenager in black on the right? Reports say Maeve only had the 3 younger kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sad story. Hit us pretty hard because we've done similar with the kids.

Gone out on canoes without life vests? Or chased down a ball that went into water?