Massive search underway in the Bay

[penguinsix]

Coast Guard C-130's, helicopters and a cutter, along with DNR and MD State Police helicopters and local fire boats have been searching since last night for two people who got blown out to sea in a kayak. A 41-year-old woman and her 8-year-old son are missing since yesterday. Initial reports were they went out to retrieve a ball that blew into the water, but got caught in the wind and couldn't get back in to shore.

C-130 is still doing a search pattern as of 12:00 noon Friday.

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UPDATED: Coast Guard searches for mother and son missing near Annapolis

UPDATED - 3pm - Governor Larry Hogan during an update on coronavirus began with the information that the missing canoeists are the daughter of former Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maeve McKean and her 8 year old son, Gideon. =================================================== The C

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[kwillia]

How horrible!

 

[InigoMontoya]

Coast Guard C-130's, helicopters and a cutter, along with DNR and MD State Police helicopters and local fire boats have been searching since last night for two people who got blown out to sea in a kayak. A 41-year-old woman and her 8-year-old son are missing since yesterday. Initial reports were they went out to retrieve a ball that blew into the water, but got caught in the wind and couldn't get back in to shore.

C-130 is still doing a search pattern as of 12:00 noon Friday.

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UPDATED: Coast Guard searches for mother and son missing near Annapolis

UPDATED - 3pm - Governor Larry Hogan during an update on coronavirus began with the information that the missing canoeists are the daughter of former Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maeve McKean and her 8 year old son, Gideon. =================================================== The C

www.wgmd.com

There's been a small craft advisory in effect all week, why would anyone do something like this?

 

[penguinsix]

There's been a small craft advisory in effect all week, why would anyone do something like this?

The initial police radio call said they went in to retrieve a ball that had got kicked or blown into the water.

 

[Monello]

I hope they were at least wearing life vests.

 

[vraiblonde]

That must have been some ball.

 

[CPUSA]

Somebody help me find a way to re word this to make it sound like I genuinely care about this...because I REALLY wanna care about this type of idiocy right now. I really do:

**** em...they're shark crap at the bottom of the Bay by now...

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

kathleen KENNEDY townsend's daughter and grandson.

 

[RPMDAD]

Marine units from local law enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard began a search of the Chesapeake Bay by boat and helicopter.
Anne Arundel fire officials say a vessel and paddle were recovered around 7 p.m. east of Rockhold Creek in Deale. The search was called off around 7:30 p.m. due to darkness.
The lead investigating agency, Maryland Natural Resources Police, did not respond to a message requesting comment Friday. Queen Anne’s County police, Anne Arundel County police, Maryland Natural Resources police and Maryland State Police assisted in the search.

Mission to find daughter, grandson on Chesapeake Bay turns from ‘rescue to recovery,’ says ex-Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Saying her family’s hearts are “crushed,” former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend acknowledged Friday night the loss of her daughter and grandson in a canoeing accident…

www.baltimoresun.com

 

[penguinsix]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/member-of-kennedy-family-and-her-son-identified-as-missing-boaters-in-chesapeake-bay/2020/04/03/e0cfc9e2-75b4-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html

 

[frequentflier]

The shame of it is: a ball can be replaced. These people cannot.

 

[Bann]

Wow.

 

[stgislander]

Looks like the CG C-130 is heading back to E-City.

 

[Gilligan]

Had a near miss like that here yesterday. Those waves can be vicious...

 

[penguinsix]

Looks like the CG C-130 is heading back to E-City.

A Coast Guard helo is still flying over the Bay (6:15) but the plane did go back to NC.

 

[blacklabman]

The shame of it is: a ball can be replaced. These people cannot.

Kennedys can be.

 

[kwillia]

Kennedys can be.

I read they were at a family gathering and the ball went in the water thus the retrieval attempt... family gathering... hmm.

 

[PrchJrkr]

As Gumby always said, "You can't **** with money, especially old money".

 

[vraiblonde]

That branch of the family aren't the brightest bulbs in the pack anyway. KKT proved herself a blithering idiot when she ran against Ehrlich - that debate where she was obviously wearing an earpiece, clearly repeating (and not very well) what was coming over her wire, was a priceless moment in political history. That Ehrlich beat a Democrat AND a Kennedy in Maryland tells you all you need to know about KKT, and it appears she passed that down to her daughter.

They must get this from Ethel's side. Remember it was her nephew who killed that girl in '75. Not that the rest of the Kennedys are all that brilliant, but Ethel's kids seem to have cornered the market on the dumb. I have a mental picture of a KKT lookalike going, "Get the ball get the ball get the ball get the ball...." as she paddles into the crashing waves (with her child, no less) to retrieve a $2 item.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

There's been a small craft advisory in effect all week, why would anyone do something like this?

I'm guessing the practice of boating safety was ignored, ie., personal flotation devises; A PFD, also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit.

Remember kiddies: Having lots and lots of money, and friends in high places, doesn't buy intelligence.