Hypothermia killed missing dad.
NBC's Peter Alexander reports that this father was lost in the snowy wilderness while seeking help for his stranded family. James Kim traveled about 10 miles before succumbing to hypothermia. This happened in Central Point, Oregon. He was a San Franscisco man who had passed away very close to a fishing lodge which was full of food and warmth. Oregon officials stated the road the family was stranded on was normally blocked, but the gate had been unlocked by a vandal.
This man had no way of knowing about the Black Bar Lodge where he could have found shelter, and enough food to last him months. His cold body was discovered in shallow water feeding Big Windy Creek just about a mile away from survival.
The searchers found his body two days after finding his family in a car they used as shelter for a week in the coastal mountains. The road they had taken is locked for hte winter months starting on November 1st.
This story is sad, and was respected by all who heard about a father just trying to save his family. He did nothing wrong. He is a hero for what he attempted. This story has alot of smaller details about what happened. So you any of you have any questions, I advise reading the article. This shows one fathers/husbands courage and bravery to save his family.
hero.
posted by Anonymous @ 12/08/2006 04:42:00 PM
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There are some details missing from the posting, some trivial, some important. James Kim was the senior editor of Digital Audio at the popular technology information website cnet.com. He was known for his resourcefulness and was very eager to learn about new things. He was very devoted to his job, but even more to his family. He gained a loyal following of gadget lovers (myself included) with his insights into technology and its eventual applications. He had set out to find help after his family's sedan had crashed, with nothing more than tennis shoes to keep his feet protected from the wet and snow. It deeply saddens me to see a man that I had grown to respect (a man who taught me of the iPod; which, coming from a Mac-head, means quite a bit), but it miraculous that his family survived the ordeal with minimal damage (minor frostbite, nothing worse). CNET has a full memoriam set up on their website at http://www.cnet.com, highlighting the achievements and relationships of the former James Kim.
It's heart wrenching to know that this tragedy could have been avoided with a properly equipped car, but at the same time, the family had three cell phones, none of which had reception. And their car was a GM-affiliated model, and should have been equipped with OnStar (a GPS-based location and assistance program usually standard in GM cars). The government should knuckle down and make OnStar a requirement on all vehicles. They should also try and push to have cell phone reception nationwide; it’s not that expensive a task to pull off (some less developed countries have pulled off the task of 100% coverage). Simply keeping a person connected could have save Mr. Kim's life.
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