BDx13 - 12-7-2006 at 12:45 AM
You tech nerds or gadget geeks out there may have known him.
Others probably heard about him and his family in the news over the past two weeks.
http://news.com.com/2009-12-6141617.html
clevohardcore - 12-7-2006 at 01:27 AM
That is a sad sad story. Makes you feel terible that things like that happen to really good people. Dude was only trying to save his family. RIP.
defstarsteve - 12-7-2006 at 10:50 AM
again the true meaning of hardcore
the saddest part is his kids will miss out on him...
Voodoobillyman - 12-7-2006 at 11:04 AM
8 miles in some of the most vicious terrain in the Northwest only to succumb a half mile from his car...............this is truly a sad story and as
Steve said, his daughters will now have to go on without their daddy, heartbreaking.
clevohardcore - 12-7-2006 at 02:00 PM
They said today that he crossed a huge river that was feezing. He apparently took off his pants becasue they were so wet and cold. This is a terribly
sad story. Even the Chief of Police was crying when he broke the news.
BDx13 - 12-7-2006 at 04:30 PM
Autopsy expected on body of missing dad
By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer Thu Dec 7, 6:45 AM ET
MERLIN, Ore. - A San Francisco man who struck out alone to find help for his family after their car got stuck on a snowy, remote road was found dead
Wednesday, bringing an end to what authorities called an extraordinary effort to stay alive.
Authorities planned to announce the results of an autopsy on Thursday.
Searchers had been following James Kim's footprints in the snow and searching by helicopter since his wife and two young daughters were rescued
Monday. They also found pieces of his clothing, which they believed he left and arranged to give searchers clues to his whereabouts in Oregon's Coast
Range.
Before rescue crews could drop packages with clothing, emergency gear and provisions, a search helicopter spotted Kim's body at the foot of the Big
Windy Creek drainage, a half-mile from the Rogue River, where ground crews and helicopters had been searching for days.
"He was very motivated," said a tearful Undersheriff Brian Anderson. "We were having trouble in there. He traveled a long distance."
Investigators believe he traveled about eight miles in total, and said there was no way he could have reached the car directly from where he was
found.
The body was taken to Central Point for an autopsy.
Kim was a senior editor for the technology media company CNET Networks Inc. He and his family had been missing since Nov. 25. They were heading home
to San Francisco after a family vacation in the Pacific Northwest.
Kim's wife, Kati, 30, told officers that the couple made a wrong turn and became stuck in the snow. They used their car heater until they ran out of
gas, then burned tires to stay warm and attract attention. With only a few jars of baby food and limited supplies, Kati Kim nursed her daughters
Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months.
The family burned tires in an attempt to create signal flares, authorities said. At night, they huddled together for warmth.
The key to finding Kati Kim and the two children, police said, was a "ping" from one of the family's cell phones that helped narrow down their
location.
When they were rescued, Kim's family told authorities that he struck out on Saturday to find help, wearing tennis shoes, pants and a heavy coat, but
no hat. His family said he had some outdoor experience, and authorities said he was carrying two lighters.
He had a specific plan: He would leave early Saturday morning, go back the way the family came, and if he couldn't find anyone, he would return in a
few hours. Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, his family said, he left to carry it out.
Hours turned into days ? and he never came back.
BDx13 - 12-7-2006 at 04:31 PM
http://jamesandkati.com