Posted on 06/10/2010 1:34:22 PM PDT by Jotmo
This is what really burns me up. That and, a distant second, the millions of dollars that will spent to try to find her, rescue her and give her medical care.
All rescues should be hereby suspended up and down the seaboards and oceans because, to be honest, they were stupid. /s
What I remember most about that incident was Jessica’s mother stupidly saying, “At least she died doing what she loved.”
Jessica was, what, 7 years old?
That’s just gross.
Hear, hear.
I have also heard stories of these giant ships sometimes sinking a smaller craft or cutting it in two — just not even seeing it, not even feeling a “bump in the road.”
Just talked to an old sailor (Navy) last week who actually lost his best friend that way. Boat was cut in two somehow.
A lot of them are.
Good night.
Prayers away...
Now that is flat out sailing!!
I you didn’t grow up around the Ocean please don’t try to justify your standing. People have a freedom to set sail and no guarantee of making it. If you are upset about people trying to help that sounds like a personal issue.
Having been a gymnastics coach once upon a time, I don’t have quite the same perception of those girls as you do. Most of them really love doing gymnastics just for itself, and were eagerly doing it before they even heard of the Olympics or had any clue that fame and money could be involved. Certainly there have a been a few cases where kids were pushed hard by their parents and coaches to stay in elite gymnastics for the sake of fame and fortune, but I do think that in this particular sport, it’s the exception rather than the rule. Most of them are enjoying the challenge and the camaraderie with other girls and coaches in their gyms on a day to day basis, and not just doing it in hopes of achieving fame.
If you Google the names of some of the ones who made the Olympics, or didn’t quite make it despite years of intensive training with Olympics-oriented coaches, they’re a really well-adjusted bunch with very few exceptions. Many have remained involved in gymnastics — some pursuing coaching as a career, and some doing occasional camps or part-time coaching or TV commentary alongside other unrelated careers. Very few express any regrets about having devoted their childhood and teen years to gymnastics. One of the most famous didn’t-quite-make-it gymnasts, Kristie Phillips, now runs a gym with her husband, has three young children, and is an international gymnastics judge, and she’s pretty typical.
I’m in complete agreement with you.
If she wanted to risk her life for name, fame and money, her parents should have made her wait until she was legally adult.
Giant ego trip gone bad, as many do.
I can’t believe the personal attacks on people who disagree with this kids actions.
So they have her located on a dismasted boat. She’s okay. I figured she was all right when I learned that three EPIRBS had signaled and that two of them had to be manually turned on. If she had time to do that then she was not overwhelmed. Actually knowing the boat was merely dismasted and not sunk then she likely turned on all three.
... and sparing her parents a special kind of hell on earth, as well.
Your post and that article gave me hope. I went to bed not knowing and learned just before 7:00 a.m. this morning. What glorious news!! I really look forward to her return home here in SoCal.
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