Posted on 12/04/2006 3:18:35 PM PST by sockmonkey
Wife and two daughters of senior editor James Kim found in Oregon; search is still on for James Kim, who left the car on foot two days ago.
The wife and daughters of missing CNET senior editor James Kim have been found alive and airlifted to a local hospital, authorities announced at a press conference in Merlin, Ore., Monday afternoon.
James Kim left the car on snowshoes two days ago to seek help and has not been found, the official said. The search for him continues.
According to the official speaking at the news conference, the conditions of Kati, Penelope and Sabine are not yet known. More details are expected at a press conference at 5 p.m. PST, which CNET will stream live.
Kati Kim reportedly flagged down a helicopter rented by families of the missing persons.
After searches in Oregon's Curry and Douglas counties, new information on missing CNET senior editor James Kim and his family narrowed the search back to the Bear Camp area in Josephine County, according to reports Monday.
A cell phone tower received a signal from one of the family's cell phones at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday near Glendale, but officials say the signal is only an indicator the family could have been within 26 miles of Glendale at that time, according to a report in The Oregonian.
When I was an active private pilot (haven't flown regularly for years), I had absolutely no compunction about turning around when the weather up ahead starting looking bad. I always had a field in mind for a quick landing, too.
"If you have time to spare, go by air."
I read those accident reports every month in AOPA Pilot magazine.
Thanks for the first hand info. We don't have anything like that in the Southeast, except possibly some primitive roads in the Smoky Mt Natl Park, which can get pretty hairy in winter. We don't get sudden blizzards though.
From an update at CNET:
At approximately 1:45 p.m. PST, search-and-rescue officials were notified that a vehicle and a female waving an umbrella were spotted by a helicopter search crew near the Rogue River in the area of Bear Camp Viewpoint off Bear Camp Road, according to a statement from Oregon State Police. This location is near the Curry/Josephine County line in Josephine County.
Thanks for confirming that you can't take a joke.
I've started carrying our small bottles of water in our car instead of in my house. There have been enough times when we are really thirsty, and it is very nice to be able to go to the trunk and get some water.
That's definitely one to write down.....LOL
Little Jeremiah noted on another thread the precariousness of that road in the summer with a 4WD!
I probably should have turned around too. You can't race much of anything in a Cessna 150.
But I had four cartons of live bees on the back shelf. . . .
ping
My grandparents homesteaded in the Wind River area "way back when" and helped settle and build Riverton, Wyoming. They didn't have no stinking Volkswagen, neither! They had an open Ford and they started out with a sod hut.
Two of my uncles stayed there when the rest of the family moved on and worked "the line" for the energy companies for many years, meaning they took crews out to fix things or rode horses back into the hills to monitor the rigs and pipelines in all sorts of weather. One of them is still alive and in his 80s. The other died in his 80s... while taking his regular motorcycle ride.
I've always said I'd love to live in Wyoming... so long as I knew I didn't have to live in Wyoming. Talk about your high lonesome!
Too clueless to add a smiley? Your delivery of your joke made it sound totally real. I wasn't the only one horrified.
Here's an aerial view of where they were-Guess they did take the shortest Mapquest Route, even though it's a National Forest Service Road.
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=13&lat=42.63056&lon=-123.83611
I'm thinking of that men's soccer team which crashed in the Andes many years ago. They were there for months, literally until two of them actually hiked out. They lead a rescue team back to the plane.
Many books on this story, BTW.
Thank God they've found the wife and girls, prayers that they find the father and he's okay.
That has always been my thought. If they don't find you for your sake, they'll find you for the forest's sake.
Thank God! I've been praying for them today. Yes, I hope he is found soon and in good condition.
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