[BunnySlippers]

I really have to wonder why that area was not searched the first day given that they knew the family was roughly in that area.

[paulat]

I really have to wonder why that area was not searched the first day given that they knew the family was roughly in that area.

Nobody is reported as a "missing person" after one day. By the time people started to worry (4 or 5 days), the search was underway. Apparently, they didn't make it a big deal to "check-in" with family. I know when I travel, I certaintly have never done that. It was only after a couple of days that it started to get noticed.

[OldFriend]

Sadly, I heard a person doing the retrospective on all that happened from day one and the woman heard helicopters very early on while they were still all in the car....if I remember correctly.

Seems that everything that could go wrong, went wrong. A tragedy that cannot be undone.

We hope and pray that the family finds some peace and that many who think to take such trips will think about preparations for such excursions.