How long was the family in Oregon stranded in the snow before they were found? It sounded like they were out in the cold for quite a while, but I never got the lenght of time they were actually stranded. Teh father stayed with the family for some time before trying to get help.
Why did it take so long to find them? I know they were out in the middle of nowhere, but I thought that heat sensing technology could have been used to locate them quicker... I may be incorrect in this assumption, I am not a heat sensing technology expert, I thought that was how they finally found the mother and children...
2006-12-07 05:45:38 · 8 answers · asked by xxx 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
The family was stranded for 9 days. The father stayed with his wife and 2 little girls while they ran the car off and on for heat because they were stuck in snow. They also burns rubber off the tires to try to send some smoke signals. The father ate wild berries because they had little food. While the mother had to eat what they had to nurse the 2 little girls. The man left on foot to try to find help, but i'm sure it didn't take long before the bear (they say they found bear tracks following the fathers foot tracks) found him. That is why he went off road, probably running and leaving clothes behind to maybe distract the bear for just alittle while. The guys was in the wilderness for 4 days. He probably froze to death the first night unless he fell down the deep rivine they found him in. He was only 1 mile away from where he started from when they found his body. It is such a shame. Who knows how close he was to surviving.....My prayers go out to the family.....
2006-12-07 06:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 days
2006-12-07 13:46:38 · answer #2 · answered by Willie V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not 100% sure of how long they were stranded. They left for the trip the Saturday after Thanksgiving, NOV 25.......
Heat sensing Technology is very expensive and probably only used in video games and the military. Not for saving peoples lifes. : (
2006-12-07 13:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by JulyBaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Autopsy expected on body of missing dad By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer
Thu Dec 7, 6:45 AM ET
MERLIN, Ore. - A San Francisco man who struck out alone to find help for his family after their car got stuck on a snowy, remote road was found dead Wednesday, bringing an end to what authorities called an extraordinary effort to stay alive.
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Authorities planned to announce the results of an autopsy on Thursday.
Searchers had been following James Kim's footprints in the snow and searching by helicopter since his wife and two young daughters were rescued Monday. They also found pieces of his clothing, which they believed he left and arranged to give searchers clues to his whereabouts in Oregon's Coast Range.
Before rescue crews could drop packages with clothing, emergency gear and provisions, a search helicopter spotted Kim's body at the foot of the Big Windy Creek drainage, a half-mile from the Rogue River, where ground crews and helicopters had been searching for days.
"He was very motivated," said a tearful Undersheriff Brian Anderson. "We were having trouble in there. He traveled a long distance."
Investigators believe he traveled about eight miles in total, and said there was no way he could have reached the car directly from where he was found.
The body was taken to Central Point for an autopsy.
Kim was a senior editor for the technology media company CNET Networks Inc. He and his family had been missing since Nov. 25. They were heading home to San Francisco after a family vacation in the Pacific Northwest.
Kim's wife, Kati, 30, told officers that the couple made a wrong turn and became stuck in the snow. They used their car heater until they ran out of gas, then burned tires to stay warm and attract attention. With only a few jars of baby food and limited supplies, Kati Kim nursed her daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months.
The family burned tires in an attempt to create signal flares, authorities said. At night, they huddled together for warmth.
The key to finding Kati Kim and the two children, police said, was a "ping" from one of the family's cell phones that helped narrow down their location.
When they were rescued, Kim's family told authorities that he struck out on Saturday to find help, wearing tennis shoes, pants and a heavy coat, but no hat. His family said he had some outdoor experience, and authorities said he was carrying two lighters.
He had a specific plan: He would leave early Saturday morning, go back the way the family came, and if he couldn't find anyone, he would return in a few hours. Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, his family said, he left to carry it out.
Hours turned into days — and he never came back.
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2006-12-07 13:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by lisa h 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
9 days.
2006-12-07 13:47:29 · answer #5 · answered by DJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 days...And the Father was found only about a mile from where he started.
2006-12-07 15:29:57 · answer #6 · answered by zebj25 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was 6 days?
2006-12-07 13:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by LP's Mommy, RN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes as this case so tragicly shows again, the father should have stayed with his vehicle
2006-12-07 21:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋