Search suspended for missing Kennedy family

-
By Donna Baeck

The US Coast Guard announced the suspension of the search for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her 8-year-old son, Gideon, on Friday, according to USA Today.

McKean is the granddaughter of former US Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and grandniece of former President John F. Kennedy. She and her son were reported missing on Thursday in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, said USA Today.

"This was a difficult case, and even more difficult to make the decision to suspend the search,"said Cmdr. Matthew Fine, deputy sector commander and active search suspension authority at Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region command center.

CNN reported McKean and her son were playing kickball before they went missing on Thursday. McKean's husband said one of them had thrown the ball into the water and they both got into a canoe to retrieve it. The canoe somehow got pushed by wind or tide into the open bay.

An onlooker spotted McKean and her son half an hour after they got onto the canoe. They were not seen again after this sighting and the Coast Guard recovered their capsized canoe on Thursday night, according to USA Today.

"My heart is crushed, yet we shall try to summon the grace of God and what strength we have to honor the hope, energy and passion that Maeve and Gideon set forth into the world," said McKean's mother in a statement,

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pete Buttigieg to drop out of presidential race

-
By Donna Baeck Pete Buttigieg will suspend his presidential campaign on Sunday night in his hometown in South Bend, Ind., according to CNN.  After a disappointing loss in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, Buttigieg said he did not want to further his campaign into Super Tuesday. He canceled his plans to fly from Selma, Ala., to Dallas, Texas for a Sunday night rally but told reporters he would be flying back to South Bend to announce the end of his campaign, according to the New York Times. "He believes this is the right thing to do right now for our country and the country to deal this divided nation and defeat President Trump," an aide to Buttigieg said. CNN reported Buttigieg struggled to win voters of color after his success in Iowa and New Hampshire. He finished significantly behind his other contenders in both the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary. Buttigieg's campaign still made history and broke barriers. He became the first gay candidate to
Read more

Chinese journalist goes missing after reporting details of the coronavirus to social media

-
By Donna Baeck A citizen-journalist exposing the extreme conditions of the coronavirus in Wuhan through social media has been missing since Feb. 6, according to CNN. Chen Qiushi, a 34-year-old lawyer and journalist, was capturing footage inside the Wuhan hospitals that were crowded with patients and frantic medical staff. When Qiushi stopped responding to messages, his friends and family reported his disappearance, according to CNN. CNN reported Qiushi had taken the last train to Wuhan a day after the city was placed under a lock down to stop citizens from traveling and spreading the virus. "What kind of a journalist am I if don't rush to the front line when there is a disaster?" Qiushi said. Time reported Qiushi's friend and well-known martial-artist, Xu Xiandong, announced in a live broadcast that he had been forced into quarantine by the police. The public and state security officers from Qingdao told Qiushi's parents he had been put into quarantin
Read more