Running Fossett
October 22, 2007 at 8:42 am
The Washington Post brings some interesting information to the story surrounding the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett: The price.
The search for Fossett, 63, may have been the largest for a single individual in the United States, said Cynthia Ryan, spokeswoman for the Nevada wing of the Civil Air Patrol, which flew 900 sorties in the search. Historians say the U.S. government spent $4 million looking for aviatrix Amelia Earhart, scanning the South Pacific for more than a year after she vanished July 2, 1937.
Nevada officials said almost $1.5 million in public money was spent looking for Fossett.
$1.5 million? I’m sure he’s worth it. And you can’t and really shouldn’t try to put a value on any person’s life. I just hope that if I ever go missing in a plane incident, they’ll send 900 sorties looking for me.
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