[GreenHornet]

When you call someone you don’t hear their telephone ring, you hear a ringback tone supplied by the telephone network. That just tells you that the network is sending out a signal to ring the other telephone.

That makes sense. However, the families of those who were on board the plane are in a highly emotional state, desperate for any small ray of hope that they can cling to. Hearing the phone ring provides them with that faint glimmer of hope, even if it is totally unrealistic. We need to cut those families some slack on this.

[mn-bush-man]

It breaks my heart that these family members are clinging desperately to this false hope. I cannot fathom...