I think the NTSB guy was trying to say that their responsibility is to check out the plane accident, which involves talking to the victims, and there could be information from the witnesses that might help the coroner put pieces together. And that’s the only connection between the NTSB and the coroner’s job of finding a cause of death. The coroner could ask the NTSB for clues from the witnesses if that would be helpful, but the NTSB isn’t collecting information for the express purpose of helping find the cause of death.
In the same way, the coroner is not supposed to find out what caused the accident. He’s supposed to find the cause of death. But if something with Fuddy’s body and/or cause of death is suspicious it could be a clue for the NTSB regarding what caused the accident. If Fuddy died of poisoning, for instance, the NTSB should know that sabotage is much more likely than if it was a truly natural death.
So there’s some interplay between the Police Dept/Coroner and the NTSB but they actually do have separate, distinctive roles that should not be confused. I think that’s what the NTSB was trying to communicate.
The coroner should be able to tell us whether Fuddy had effects from hypothermia, whether she had a heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, whether she drowned, etc.
It was kind of funny, reading in a place I don’t usually read, where somebody was frustrated because they knew the coroner was going to come out with a result just like they do with celebrities - saying such-and-so is the cause of death, pending toxicology results - and the “crazy birthers” were going to consider it odd that they came up with a cause of death before all the evidence was in. What’s funny is that this DIDN’T happen. We were saying that if there was an obvious cause of death such as drowning, heart attack, etc, they should say that is the cause of death, pending the results of the toxicology tests to rule out any foul play. The fact that they DIDN’T report these other obvious causes of death - like they do with celebrities, as noted by this anti-birther - suggests that there WEREN’T ANY, and that the death ISN”T explained by heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, hypothermia, etc.
“the death ISN”T explained by heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, hypothermia, etc.”
Totally agree. If death were a result of any of the above, the autopsy wd have identified the cause. So whatever Fuddy died of, it wasn’t something the average autopsy cd reveal.
I don’t know why you read what anti-birthers are saying, though. They are a hateful, joyless & ignorant bunch. I don’t waste time finding out what brand of hate they happen to be spewing on any given day.