James Kim: 1971 - 2006

The search for James Kim ended tragically with the discovery of his body. The only silver lining is that his wife and two yound children survived and are in remarkablely good shape physically. I have read some very heated discussion on the net on whether he should have stayed with his family or not. With perfect hindsight, we can all say that had he stayed he would have survived like the rest of his family. But none of us were there so we don't know what it was like. After all, he didn't leave to find help until after they had been out there for over a week. I wonder what I would have done if I was him. Authorities have described his efforts as superhuman. I just hope that I would be able to keep my family alive the way he did if I was ever in a similar situation.

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