Will the Fossett family re-imburse or be asked to re-imburse for the search?

[SoCalDem]

I recall individual's families being billed for the recovery of their lost loved ones, on occasion. The search for this guy is costing some big bucks.. and in some of the pictuures, I have noticed a military involvement too..


Fossett survival skills prompt hope as hunt enters fifth day

21 hours ago
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iM_k7XWQm8_pFbqKlACFnyXChd6A
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Rescuers hoped Friday that Steve Fossett's legendary survival skills would enable the aviator to hold out until he is found as the search for the missing adventurer entered its fifth day.

The 63-year-old veteran of several world record-breaking solo plane and balloon flights has not been heard from since taking off from a private airstrip 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Reno, Nevada, early Monday.

On Thursday officials expanded the area of remote, mountain terrain being searched to 10,000 square miles (25,900 square kilometers) -- an area nearly the size of the state of Massachusetts -- and have said the search for the airman is like "looking for a needle in a haystack."

A total of 26 aircraft, including light planes, helicopters and a C-130 military-equipped plane, were airborne on Friday as the search for Fossett intensified, officials said.

snip