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ABC Report Has More Details on Cell Phone Rescue and Signs of Danger for James Kim
posted 12-05-06
Amid the chipper announcements of continuing search we read in the ABC News article "Search Continues for James Kim":
It would have been fantastic if they'd found that family before Kim believed he had to leave in order to save it.
USA Today has a great article on the use of cell phone tracking for lost people.
This article seems to indicate that the cell phone tracking wasn't as accurate as the Beta News article made it seem last night.
Of course this is mainstream. Don't embarass public officials -- unless, of course, everyone else is piling on at the same time -- is somewhere in every mainstream news code of conduct. it seems
Again my question is "Why did it take so long?" Was the use of private helicopter rescue teams the key to finding the Kim family? Maybe a helicopter would be more useful for search and rescue than more sno-cats and 4x4s that the Oregon rescue teams were touting.
Heck they usually bill people for their own rescues anyway these days, so they might as well go for broke.
An AP article at Forbes (no registration needed, I believe) has more details about what they know of Kim's actions since he left the car.
There was no cell phone service, but the family's phone sent out a pair of "pings," or brief signals, to a nearby cell tower, transmitting enough information to narrow the search to a remote part of southern Oregon.
It would have been fantastic if they'd found that family before Kim believed he had to leave in order to save it.
Fleming said her daughter was worried about her husband.
"Her concern was again, she said, 'Mom, James left. He left two days ago. We had a plan. He set off at 7:45 in the morning, and he would turn around at 1 in the afternoon if he didn't find the road. But he didn't come back."
Rescuers are tracking James' footprints through the snow, and they've deployed a helicopter that may be able to zero in on him through his body heat.
He's reportedly only wearing jeans, a sweater and light jacket, although according to some reports he may have fashioned his own snowshoes. Overnight temperatures in the region have been in the mid-20s to mid 30s.
I would like to keep from complaining until after Kim is found, but then attention would be diverted.
We really need to ask if our rescue personnel are using all the tools available from the first of a rescue mission. We need to complain long and hard.USA Today has a great article on the use of cell phone tracking for lost people.
This article seems to indicate that the cell phone tracking wasn't as accurate as the Beta News article made it seem last night.
Of course this is mainstream. Don't embarass public officials -- unless, of course, everyone else is piling on at the same time -- is somewhere in every mainstream news code of conduct. it seems
Again my question is "Why did it take so long?" Was the use of private helicopter rescue teams the key to finding the Kim family? Maybe a helicopter would be more useful for search and rescue than more sno-cats and 4x4s that the Oregon rescue teams were touting.
Heck they usually bill people for their own rescues anyway these days, so they might as well go for broke.
An AP article at Forbes (no registration needed, I believe) has more details about what they know of Kim's actions since he left the car.
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