[Crystal Cove]

If you had read the article, you would have known that it made absolutely no implication that they could have been saved.

[cripplecreek]

Personally I don’t see the point in making it public but it certainly doesn’t hurt to know what happened. That’s how things are made safer.

[dayglored]

> If you had read the article, you would have known that it made absolutely no implication that they could have been saved.

I read the article. What I was referring to was not a statement made in the article about them potentially being saved, but rather the tone, which seemed to suggest, "if only they had been able to get into their helmets and gloves faster, something would have turned out differently".

Which is hogwash -- they would be just as dead, although the corpses would perhaps have been dressed differently.

It's useful to note that they weren't able to get into their gear rapidly. Okay, that's a valid point. And perhaps in a FAR FAR LESS DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE that little difference could be significant.

But the way it's presented, the reader is left with the feeling that maybe the helmet/glove issue contributed to the disaster. That's the false implication I object to.