If they can have a fund drive to save Wild Eyes, then they can pay back some of the money to save the little princess. You can’t go around endangering your life in an expensive boat and then cry poor when you are to fill some of the bill to bail you out.
Toss her back in the water, with her parents.
Please! Save Abby's Failboat! It's one of her favorites!
I screw up, you pay.
I would suggest she (the mother) shut-up and take her lumps. Since most of us aren’t rich, we do mundane things like saving for our retirement. The Sunderlands should try it instead of shirking responsibility.
Who paid for the teen's sailboat in the first place.
You certainly don't sail around the world in a dingy.
The first draft of the book was already written when she left Santa Monica.
I oopposed her attempt, but try on this conceptual exercise:
If the girl were black or mexican, would people be saying all this?
NOPE!
There are a MILLION things that go on which only apply to white people, and where YACHTING (or LaCrosse) is concerned, those things go TEN TIMES AS INTENSELY.
Garnish the dad’s wages to pay for the rescue.
Their”Not wealthy People”Where did they get the money for boat and supplies?It costs money to run an excursion like that.
I am surprised that the boat was left floating to be a shipping hazard. Did the parents even own Wild Eyes, or did a bank really own it?
>> Her mother MaryAnne said ... Australian rescue authorities should speak to the US Government about recouping the money.
ROFL! And THESE are your prototypical Rugged Freedom Loving Conservatives!
No risk is too great... provided they get the rewards, but the government picks up the tab if they should fail.
Just like the subprime mortgage scammers.
Liberals, with liberal attitudes. Not conservatives at all.
Sunderland "reality" show preplanned before Abby's misadventure
Ok - I think I got a little vomit in my mouth from that one... Lets see... you can afford to buy your teen a yacht to sail around the world SOLO, can practice sailing (lest we forget her older brother also did a solo not so long ago). What exactly is their definition of wealthy?
When I first heard about this "adventure", my first thoughts were "irresponsible parents". But others here started to bend my ear a bit. But now, all prospective respect for this family is now flushed down the toilet. The yacht likely cost as much as the rescue effort. I say let the US government pay for the rescue, then put a lien against the family's estate until they pay back ever cent plus interest.
Have these people ever heard of marine insurance?
No, sorry, you don’t get one dime to salvage the boat. If you didn’t have the money to do this stunt, you shouldn’t have done it.
Why should the taxpayers be responsible for her rescue??? If she (the daughter) writes a book, the first $300k in profit should pay off the rescue.