Rescuers switched to a recovery mission late Friday for RFK granddaughter Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her son Gideon.
and her young son are presumed dead after their canoe was found miles from where they were last seen struggling in choppy Chesapeake Bay waters.
Maeve McKean is the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, the grandniece of former President John F. Kennedy, and daughter of former Maryland lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy's eldest child. McKean is also the executive director of the Georgetown University Global Health Initiative.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said earlier Friday an"intensive search" had been underway since late Thursday. According to public statements by those agencies, authorities were alerted Thursday by a call about 4.30 p.m. from a concerned citizen who saw two people in a small craft drifting in the bay in waters off Columbia Beach, Md.
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