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12-06-2006, 04:30 PM
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James Kim, who had been missing in the Oregon wilderness, was found dead Wednesday.

"At 12:03 p.m. the body of James Kim was located down in the canyon of Big Windy Creek," said Josephine County undersheriff Brian Anderson, who had to stop speaking because he was moved to tears, at a press conference in Merlin, Ore.

Kim, 35, along with his wife Katie, 30, and daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, got stranded on Nov. 25 after their car got stuck in the snow while they were on a trip going from Seattle to their home in San Francisco.

"Arrangements are being made to have him removed from the area," said Lt. Gregg Hastings, who added, "We want the Kim family to know that we appreciate all of their support. They have been true champions throughout this whole ordeal, and we just want them to know that our thoughts and our prayers have been with them from day one."

For the first three days they were stuck they used the car's heater at night to keep warm. When the gas ran out, they used the battery alone. After the battery died, they burned tires to generate heat.

For food, they had only scant provisions in their 2005 Saab station wagon: just some baby food and Cheez Whiz.

Katie and her two daughters were rescued on Monday when she was spotted by a helicopter waving an open umbrella on which she had affixed reflective tape spelling out SOS.

Two days before they were saved, Kim dressed in a jacket, two pairs of pants, sweater and sneakers, and set off to seek help for his loved ones.

Rescuers searching for Kim found items such as bits of an Oregon map and some clothing that he had apparently dropped along the way as he searched for help.

Kim was a senior editor at the web site CNET, where he reviewed the newest electronic gadgets.

Katie's father, Dr. Philip Fleming, said on the Today show earlier this week. "He's a very heroic father."

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Cutesunshine
12-06-2006, 04:44 PM
Thats really sad. Poor family.

sws4420
12-06-2006, 04:58 PM
Natural selection, I'm sorry to say.

MedicCook
12-06-2006, 05:22 PM
They found him pantless.

Cutesunshine
12-06-2006, 05:32 PM
Where were his pants?

MedicCook
12-06-2006, 05:33 PM
They found his pant's before they found his body. He might just have gone a little crazy from hypothermia and took them off.

sws4420
12-06-2006, 06:15 PM
Some guy was concluding that he was using them to leave a trail for him or others.

MedicCook
12-06-2006, 06:24 PM
I think that is the nice twist they are putting on it. Someone that is sane would never do that in the winter freezing out knowing that it will increase their chances of death.

sws4420
12-06-2006, 06:27 PM
Is there a difference between insane and oriental, though?

MedicCook
12-06-2006, 06:33 PM
:whistle:

Venus
12-07-2006, 06:34 AM
I am proud of this man for doing what he felt was best. Trying to get help for his family to survive. I am so glad the woman and children were rescued.

sws4420
12-07-2006, 07:48 AM
I think he did the right thing, but he did it in an enormously incorrect way.