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Originally Posted by jrc
I think it's different if the missing person is presumed alive or presumed dead. When someone is lost in the woods, they're presumed alive and a massive search makes sense. A volunteer force is easy to form.
This may sound heartless but when someone is presumed dead, then there is a balance between the cost and risks of a search versus the wait and see approach. If Mr. Surrette had floated away and there was a chance he was alive, hundreds of boats would have voluteered to search.
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Absolutely, I agree ! What I'm musing about is whether, after the rescue phase is done and it's now deemed a recovery, there's anything a few volunteers could do to assist. It may be that in most cases there's nothing that can be reasonably done. Perhaps the victims sink to the bottom and become "invisible" to all but the most sophisticated gear (SSS or video or ???). Then again perhaps that's not the case, at least for a few 10's of hours, and extra manpower could help during that time before the victim sinks to the bottom. Perhaps someone here knows someone who can has an inside line on some piece of gear that could help. Guess I'm just beating the bushes to see if any good ideas fall out while people are thinking about the topic.