Friday, 8 December 2006

James Kim- Dies of exposure

Just to prove to us all- that money and succes don't inoculate any of us from tragedy...
James Kim left his stranded family to seek help in the mountains of Southern Oregon died near a tourist/fishing lodge that could have provided warmth, shelter and food for months.
But James Kim, 35, had no way of knowing it and ultimately died of hypothermia. His body was found after a massive search in a creek's shallow waters.
Lost and starving, Kim set out Saturday, leaving his wife and two young daughters behind in the family's snowbound station wagon, which was stuck on a remote logging road just a mile or so from the Black Bar Lodge.
The building was closed for the winter, but still could have provided the refuge he and his family desperately needed.
A sad and horrible tragedy for the family and business world to boot.

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