Maeve Kennedy McKean, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, and her 8-year-old son, Gideon, are presumed dead after going missing while canoeing in the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday.
McKean's husband, David McKean, shared the news in an emotional Facebook post on Friday, sharing that, «Despite heroic efforts by the Coast Guard and many state and local authorities, the decision has now been made to suspend the active rescue effort… It has been more than 24 hours, and the chances they have survived are impossibly small.
It is clear that Maeve and Gideon have passed away.»The pair were last seen drifting several miles off-shore just after 4:30 p.m.
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