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Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 06, 2006, 12:38:28 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234880,00.html
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Evi on December 06, 2006, 12:40:53 PM
:(

That sucks.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: THX on December 06, 2006, 02:22:49 PM
guy was a great father.  he went out putting his family first.

Sad to hear he\'s gone :(
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 06, 2006, 03:12:10 PM
I think anyone would have done the same. I think this is why so many people have been paying attention to this. I know I would have done the same if my wife and I were stranded.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Unicron! on December 06, 2006, 03:40:39 PM
I wasnt familiar with the incident but still its very sad to hear it
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: videoholic on December 06, 2006, 04:50:47 PM
Aren;t you supposed to stay in your vehicle?  Was he any where near somewhere he could get help?  DId he really have a shot?  I\'ve been a little busy the past month so I don\'t know much about it.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Titan on December 06, 2006, 05:08:25 PM
I didn\'t hear about this until now. Kinda sad. Guys got a lot of guts for doing what he did though. He put his family first and didn\'t even think about his own safety.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Unicron! on December 06, 2006, 06:47:32 PM
I feel sorry for his poor kids and wife though :(
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 06, 2006, 08:04:57 PM
Quote from: videoholic
Aren;t you supposed to stay in your vehicle?  Was he any where near somewhere he could get help?  DId he really have a shot?  I\'ve been a little busy the past month so I don\'t know much about it.



They\'d been in the car for a few days when he made teh decision to seek help. His baby and daughter were starving. He promised his wife he\'d try to make it back the day he left to seek help. Then he never returned.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: clips on December 06, 2006, 10:02:39 PM
Really sad story. to actually freeze to death, and with the baby in below freezing temps...i would\'ve done thee exact same thing. Well i doubt i would\'ve wandered off from the main road, but given the situation he was in, i definitely would\'ve went out there for help....at least his wife and baby are alive, but i\'m sure she was devastated by the news of her husband being found deceased....:(
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Cerberus on December 07, 2006, 12:36:29 AM
I haven\'t heard about it either, in fact if it\'s not russian spies getting poisoned, or english cricketers getting owned, we don\'t hear about it.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: QuDDus on December 10, 2006, 05:27:15 AM
dude didn\'t have a cell phone huh?
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: mjps21983 on December 10, 2006, 07:32:15 AM
Quote from: QuDDus
dude didn\'t have a cell phone huh?



They did, but they were out in the middle of no where in the mountains and did not have a signal to call for help. You don\'t think they tried that?:confused:
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: THX on December 10, 2006, 07:48:31 AM
Funny how advanced we think we are, yet many times we can have a false sense of security when traveling, even in our own countries.
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Post by: Evi on December 10, 2006, 11:26:28 AM
I think I\'m never going to go camping again without one of those expensive satellite phones that get reception anywhere.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 10, 2006, 04:00:44 PM
He walked 16 miles looking for rescue after not eating for a week. Rescue workers said that was "super human". I suppose when your wife and two kids are back there stranded, you go beyond what you\'re normally capable of.

If you watch this trailer, you\'ll see that his highlight reels mentioned his kids quite a bit. His family was the most precious thing in his life. He\'s an electronic gadget freak like us.

http://www.cnettv.com/9710-1_53-25119.html
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Samwise on December 10, 2006, 04:10:45 PM
I don\'t know the details, but of the mom and kids were rescued, shouldn\'t he just have stayed with them? I understand why he did what he did though.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Titan on December 10, 2006, 05:57:53 PM
Sammy, I\'m sure you would have left too if your family was in danger.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Samwise on December 11, 2006, 01:09:51 AM
Quote from: Titan
Sammy, I\'m sure you would have left too if your family was in danger.

Hell no, I\'d kick those lazy bastards out of my car to look for some help, while I watch DVD\'s on the entertainment system.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 11, 2006, 03:11:33 AM
Quote from: Samwise
I don\'t know the details, but of the mom and kids were rescued, shouldn\'t he just have stayed with them? I understand why he did what he did though.


As stated already, they ALL waited in the car for a few days with no rescue. Things got desperate and his children were now starving. So the father left the car to look for help.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Samwise on December 11, 2006, 03:13:15 AM
Quote from: GmanJoe
As stated already, they ALL waited in the car for a few days with no rescue. Things got desperate and his children were now starving. So the father left the car to look for help.
Yeah, but still the ones who stayed in the car were in fact rescued... :fighting:
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 11, 2006, 05:06:00 AM
Quote from: Samwise
Yeah, but still the ones who stayed in the car were in fact rescued... :fighting:


I forgot how stupid you are sometimes.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Samwise on December 11, 2006, 05:17:45 AM
Quote from: GmanJoe
I forgot how stupid you are sometimes.

Lol... I\'m just pulling your leg Gman. Don\'t get your panties in a bunch. :)
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 11, 2006, 06:37:13 AM
I can\'t help it. The G string rode up so high up my crack, I forgot I had it on and pooped. I was wondering why i had several split logs in the toilet bowl.

On a more serious note.....the report now states that the road they got lost in was closed with a gate but vandals had broke it open and the family, lost as they were in the snow.....took that road.
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 11, 2006, 06:48:45 AM
Here\'s what happened 11 years ago...same road. And he stayed in the vehicle for 66 days. Died of starvation:

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm??f=00&g=ea7ad0f8-9cca-45ff-81cd-c88423f7449e&p=source_nightly%20news&t=c24
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: Samwise on December 11, 2006, 07:19:47 AM
66 days in a car? Jeez, that\'s horrible. :(
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: clips on December 11, 2006, 08:44:29 AM
well what i would\'ve done if i was stuck by myself,..why not just go back the way you came? i\'m sure they were at some point on a main road before they turned of into the road that was closed,..backtrack and eat snow on the way.....and maybe the cell phone would\'ve picked up some kind of signal.....of course this is all very easy to say after the fact, but i think i would\'ve just went back the way i came....i guess it all depends how far in they on that road as well...but that is what i would have done...
Title: Well...they found James Kim. He\'s dead.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 11, 2006, 09:17:12 AM
Quote from: clips
well what i would\'ve done if i was stuck by myself,..why not just go back the way you came? i\'m sure they were at some point on a main road before they turned of into the road that was closed,..backtrack and eat snow on the way.....and maybe the cell phone would\'ve picked up some kind of signal.....of course this is all very easy to say after the fact, but i think i would\'ve just went back the way i came....i guess it all depends how far in they on that road as well...but that is what i would have done...


That\'s what he did. Still a mystery as to why he went off the road. Probably the hunger and hypothermia got his mind in a mess.