Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter and her young son missing on Chesapeake Bay, family says

[mfcorey1]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-f-kennedys-granddaughter-and-her-young-son-missing-on-chesapeake-bay-family-says-2020-04-03/

A Kennedy family spokesperson confirmed Friday that two missing people last seen in a canoe off Chesapeake Bay Thursday evening are Maeve Kennedy McKean, 41, and her eight-year-old son, Gideon. Kennedy McKean is the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and daughter of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor.


"At this time our family asks for privacy and that everyone keep Maeve and Gideon in their prayers," said a statement from a family spokesman.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Weird. Hope they're OK.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Conditions were rough and windy, according to the article

Things can change in a hurry, even in a relatively sheltered cove.

[Kingofalldems]

3. It has been extremely windy in Md. for the last 2 days.

[JenniferJuniper]

4. It doesn't look good.

They've been missing since yesterday and the overturned canoe was found two hours after they were last seen struggling with it.

[elleng]

7. Been very windy here:

'Storm that dumped snow in Virginia mountains is now a powerhouse Atlantic tempest, with an eye.

'A powerful storm dropped a sneaky snowfall on the Appalachians from Tuesday into Wednesday. Since then, the potent cyclone has blossomed into a hurricane-strength whirlwind over the Atlantic, taking on some subtropical characteristics and even developing what resembles an eye.'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10817972

[jimfields33]

5. I hope they are ok

Not sure why there out on a canoe during stay at home time. This poor family!!!!! The Kennedy family is so good but so unfortunate in some ways.

[LizBeth]

6. Being out in a canoe is one of the few things people can do, well separated.

[defacto7]

8. They were playing with a ball that ended up in the water.

They went out in the boat to retrieve it.

[jimfields33]

10. Thanks. That's awful

[Baclava]

9. At waterfront home, ball went into water, they hopped in canoe to get it, overturned canoe found

[jimfields33]

11. Ugh. I'm so sad for them. I hope somehow they are found

[Baclava]

12. Confirmed, both found drowned now

[jimfields33]

13. Oh damn it!

[smirkymonkey]

14. Oh no! How sad!

Tragic for both of them, but that poor little boy was only eight years old. That family has had more than its fair share of tragedy. My condolences to the entire family.

[uponit7771]

15. damn

[Crabby Appleton]

16. The news cites I read say

They are still looking for them.

[Baclava]

17. The search for Maeve and Gideon Kennedy is over.

On Friday evening, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend revealed in a statement that the "search for [her] beloved daughter Maeve and grandson Gideon has turned from rescue to recovery." Maeve's husband, David McKean, shared his own remarks on Facebook, which read in part, "It has been more than 24 hours, and the chances they have survived are impossibly small.

It is clear that Maeve and Gideon have passed away."

https://www.eonline.com/news/1137541/kennedy-granddaughter-and-8-year-old-son-dead-in-drowning-accident

[Crabby Appleton]

18. So they are not

'Both found drowned now' as you stated in your comment.

[Baclava]

19. Yeah, maybe I was reading between the lines, the family is convinced they haven't survived

[Drunken Irishman]

20. Oddly, the Q-nuts are saying this is the deep state...

That they were either killed by the Deep State or taken into hiding by the Trump administration.