---Turnbull said it was important to "set the public record straight" and "to emphasize the efforts Mr. Kim made to rescue his family."---
What's up with all the effort to say Kim did nothing wrong? He left the road without knowing where he was going and it proved fatal.
Nobody, especially those who pontificate from the safety of their computer, knows exactly what they would have done in the same situation.
That's the point. He stayed with the car and family several days and finally decided to follow a map for what he thought was four miles to a town.
Usually you stay with the car, but after several days, he decided to walk for help. After all, they had kids with them.
There are questions if the GPS system and map were accurate. Some earlier reports said the GPS system and map showed a "good" road wrongly; now it comes out that they accidentally turned on a side road in the dark because a vandal opened the gate.
Unless you've been in rural roads in snow storms, you can't imagine how easy that is to do.
You made it up, that's what's up with it.
Late to the thread, but I don't think the point is to act as if he didn't make a mistake. The point is to acknowledge the monumental, if futile, effort the man made out of love for his family. 16 miles in mostly freezing temperatures (in tennis shoes!) is a tremendous effort. God rest his soul.