Authorities have searched for the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend after a canoe they were paddling in the Chesapeake Bay didn’t return to shore.
By Friday night (local time), the family said in a statement that the search for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and McKean’s 8-year-old son, Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, had shifted to a “recovery” mission.
“With profound sadness, I share the news that the search for my beloved daughter Maeve and grandson Gideon has turned from rescue to recovery,” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said in a statement, according to news outlets.
A Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman said authorities suspended the search Friday night but would resume Saturday morning (local time).
Kennedy Townsend, who served two terms as Maryland’s lieutenant governor, is the eldest daughter of the late US Attorney General and US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and niece of the late President John F Kennedy.
The search started Thursday afternoon after the state Natural Resources Police responded to a report of two people on a canoe in the Chesapeake Bay who appeared to be overtaken by strong winds.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend issues a statement on her daughter and grandson lost in boating accident: My heart is crushed, yet we shall try to summon the grace of God and what strength we have to honor the hope, energy and passion that Maeve and Gideon set forth into the world
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 4, 2020
A statement from the agency, which didn’t name the missing people, said they may have been paddling the canoe from a home in Shady Side, Maryland, to retrieve a ball and couldn’t paddle back to shore.
An overturned canoe matching the one used by the missing people was found on Thursday night, the agency said.
-AP
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