Active rescue efforts for Maeve Kennedy McKean and her 8-year-old son have been suspended, her husband announced.
11:10 AM PDT, April 4, 2020Maeve Kennedy McKean, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, and her 8-year-old son, Gideon, are presumed dead afterMcKean's husband, David McKean, shared the news in an emotional Facebook post on Friday, sharing that,"Despite heroic efforts by the Coast Guard and many state and local authorities, the decision has now been made to suspend the active rescue effort... It has been more than 24 hours, and the chances they have survived are impossibly small.
The pair were last seen drifting several miles off-shore just after 4:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to a press release from the Anne Arundel County Fire Department that did not disclose the victim's identities. A water rescue dispatch arrived shortly after a concerned citizen at Columbia Beach community pier, in Shady Side, Maryland, placed a 911 call, saying they saw two people drifting in a small canoe.
A statement from the Maryland Natural Resources Police, who were leading the investigation, said Friday that a"preliminary investigation revealed that the pair may have been paddling the canoe from a residence in Shady Side, MD out into the bay to retrieve a ball and were unable to paddle back to shore."
Anne Arundel Fire Captain Erik Kornmeyer said that, despite arriving within five minutes of the call, the fire dispatch was unable to reach the canoe."Currents were pretty fast, they moved out of sight pretty quickly," he said, adding that conditions were"rough and windy" Thursday night.in his Facebook post, noting that the family had been self-quarantining in a home owned by Maeve's mother, Kathleen, which sits on a small, shallow cove off of the Chesapeake.
I am writing here to address the countless people who have loved my wife Maeve and my son Gideon. As many of you have...
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