If these guys survive they will be touted as hero's. In fact, their family members are already treating them as such.
Our Portland TV stations are naturally covering this 24/7. I feel really bad for these climbers and for their families, but the media has indeed turned this into a circus, thrusting microphones and cameras into the faces of the anguished moms.
One of the mothers made a comment that floored me: "The mountain has to give us back our sons - the mountain has no right to keep our sons." One of the other mothers said, "I know he's coming down today - it's my birthday, and he wouldn't miss my birthday". The third mother said something to the effect of "I saw the moon last night, and I know he was looking at the same moon as I was". Geez...it's just getting totally goofy.
So if they get an undeserved "hero" status,,what is that to you? Would you rather see them dead? Then there would be more "dead heros" and make the story better.
Maybe you just shouldn't read about this,,it wouldn't be such a lump in your craw!