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While I might have been the first to mention it in a post, I am certainly not the first (by far) who hasn't noticed that the driver calling in on 911 was African-American. I don't think it is racist to point out that he might have a legitimate concern about waiting around the scene until the police arrived. Knowing how many blacks are stopped just for being black, I could certainly understand any concern.

We who live here know that I-95 is the mainline of drug traffic from Florida to New York City. That is common knowledge. Even if the driver was pure as the driven snow, I'm sure he didn't want to get involved beyond the phone call.

Personally, I think someone driving by and sees a crash (or a car in the water with lights on), I would automatically assume it just happened, and try to help and at least wait for rescue teams to find the scene. While he may think he was being helpful, obviously it wasn't because the car was not immediately found.

Having said all that, it still shouldn't have taken that long to find the car, with the 911 recording and the reports of a missing family. I would hope that law enforcement could add 2 + 2 better that they did.