So, thankfully the 16 year old solo sailor (she had a support team somewhere in there) was found alive after 25 hours of search and rescue efforts.
The good thing:
"Rescue boat nearing stranded teen sailor. She will likely give up dream of sailing solo around world, spokesman says."
Read more:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/376214...#ixzz0qae09ztH
The dumb thing is that her family was interviewed because (as expected) people wondered if a 16 year old should be sailing alone. That's the first thing I wondered when she went missing.
Her father's/family's response:
"Sailing and life in general is dangerous. Teenagers drive cars. Does that mean teenagers shouldn't drive a car?" Laurence Sunderland said. "I think people who hold that opinion have lost their zeal for life. They're living in a cotton-wool tunnel to make everything safe.”
SRSLY?
Okay. He's operating on as much of an extreme as helicopter parents who don't want their kids to ever fall down. There is a middle ground, people.
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