For the last few days, I’ve been following the search for Corey Smith and his companions after their boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. Today that search officially ended. This story hit me doubly hard as as Smith not only played for my favorite NFL team, the Detroit Lions, but he also was an alum of my university, the North Carolina State University. I understand the rationale behind calling off the search. You can get hypothermia after days in even the warmest waters. I understand the rationale, but something about the circumstances seem odd, and giving up the search seems like just plain giving up. It’s times like these that I wish I knew about search and rescue and had all the time and resources necessary to keep up the search, but I don’t. It’s a helpless feeling.
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