Fossett's Widow Asked for Search Money

getgoin9 09:11:24 PM May 05 2008

Well say you lost someone like your son or daughter. Are you going to want to pay it?

getgoin9 08:29:15 AM May 05 2008

Yes she should pay back alot of the money. But ohkay so your loved one goes missing...then they annouce that he/she is dead. Are you going to want to get a letter in the mail a week later. Were sorry for your lose but you owe us $600,000. Thanks we would like it by monday

inkamom 05:55:31 PM May 04 2008

i seriously doubt there would be such an extensive and costly search for an average, everyday John Doe. If the family can afford it, and they obviously have money to spare, then they should certainly kick in for some of the cost. Somewhere along the way, people have to start taking on some of the responsibility for their lives and stop expecting the government to pick up the tab for everything.

bowedoak1 01:13:03 AM May 04 2008

If the widow asked them to keep searching beyond a normal trime frame, then yes, she should pay the bill. I doubt she did, the fact that Fossett was famous made them search longer/harder. Had he been found, they would have been heros.
However, this was not a risky flight, this was not him soloing in his balloon, Fossett brought many tax dollars into the state, it is his right to get whatever typical service they offer in missing persons cases. If you set a precedent that the rich have to pay for what someone with no money gets for free, then priority will always be to help the rich and short change the poor. They chose to spend thier tax money on this, they need to eat the bill.

jwwarnk 09:26:41 PM May 03 2008

What is so stupid about a pilot taking off from an airport? I don't get it he was not performing aerobatics in the mountains, he was flying from point A to point B. It is ignorant to assume he was reckless in his actions by simply flying an airplane. Elitism? Lay off the glue.

Nevada has every right to ask the family to assist in covering the cost. In a large rescue operation this is common. Usually the family either writes a small check, mostly out of gratitude for the service or they say thank you but decline to pay. Either way, search and rescue and the Civil Air Patrol is a service provided by our government for all citizens. The size of the bank account of the missing means nothing to the guys on the front line of the search.

jbuickspecial66 07:02:36 PM May 03 2008

well after what happened to my mom in healthcare from washington university
barnes jewish hospital all i can say is GOD is Great everyday we get one from that money pit that is never held accountable for anything that happens while in their care and after 21 days they just pass the messed up person to the step down unite
well that is just more negelect and hide the facts well they all passed the buck around on her 4 months she was held like P.O.W. after heart sugery until she rotted to death with staph infections after she had MRSA the flesh eating bactria

violetsp9 03:00:39 PM May 03 2008

WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS COVER THIS IDIOTS BILL? HE CHOSE TO PLACE HIMSLEF IN DANGER HE HAS THE MONEY LET THE WIDOW PAY

degnanport 01:11:20 PM May 03 2008

Low class or No class on the part of the Gov

degnanport 01:04:21 PM May 03 2008

Why should she have to pay anymore or be treated any different than anyone else ? just cause she has a few bucks. From what I hear about her she'll pay without complaint.

gunz326 11:01:25 AM May 03 2008

If John Q. Public had disappered in an airplane would the state have done the same for someone less famous ? I think not, why didn't the wife hire someone to look?...Hmmmmmmmmmmmm............good luck geting the widow to give you anything except a hard time.