Two members of Kennedy family missing on US canoe trip
04 April, 2020
Two members of the Kennedy US political dynasty, including a grand-niece of assassinated president John F Kennedy, were missing Friday once they went canoeing.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's daughter and eight-year-old grandson disappeared Thursday after boating on the South River in Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan told reporters.
A rigorous search has been underway since Thursday.
"On behalf of the persons of Maryland, I expressed our most heartfelt sympathies and prayers to her and to her entire family in this difficult time," Hogan said.
Kennedy Townsend, 68, is a former Maryland lieutenant governor, and the daughter of Robert F Kennedy, the onetime US legal professional general in his brother's administration.
The iconic American clan has already established a lot more than its share of tragedy.
RFK was himself slain in 1968 as he campaigned for president five years after his brother's death.
In 1999 John F Kennedy Jr and his wife and sister-in-law died when the tiny plane he was piloting crashed off the Massachusetts coast.
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, a granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, died of that which was ruled an accidental drug overdose this past year at age 22.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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