Kennedy: Two Family Members Disappear

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The tragedy could be knocking on the Kennedy family's door again after reporting the disappearance of a granddaughter-in-law of President John F. Kennedy and her 8-year-old son Thursday afternoon when they were sailing in a canoe in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

The boat was later found, but without the two crew members: Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean - granddaughter of Robert F. Kenndy - and her son Gideon, who had last been seen on board when they had gone out looking for a ball that had fallen into the Water.

A team of rescuers there continues to search for mother and son, unable to offer hope of finding them alive due to the turbulent waters of the bay.

"There has been an intense search since yesterday afternoon [Thursday]," said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan during a press conference on Friday. "I spoke to [the father of] Townsend this morning and on behalf of the residents of Maryland, I expressed our sincere affection and prayers."

The Kennedy family requested privacy at this time through a press release presented by their spokesman, Alan Fleishcmann.

"Right now, our family asks for privacy and that they keep Maeve and Gideon in their prayers," the statement said, according to USA Today.

According to the preliminary investigation, the mother and her son went out in the canoe to retrieve a ball that had fallen into the water while playing on family property in the town of Shady Side, but were unable to return to shore, he said. the Maryland Natural Resources Police daily.

The researchers and rescuers found a canoe that matches the description of the one used by mother and son. According to a witness who reported the finding of the canoe, they were seen unsuccessfully trying to return to the shore of the bay amid strong winds, according to the New York Post.

The Kennedy family has been overshadowed by numerous tragedies over the years, from the assassinations of President Kennedy and his brother Robert in the 1960s to the death last August of overdoses of the young Saoirse Kennedy Hill, cousin of the disappeared.