CRATER LAKE -- On a brilliant day when Crater Lake could display its natural splendor, Sammy Boehlke's family gathered to show their love for the missing 8-year-old.
Kirston Becker, Sammy's mother, told family members and others that the point of the small ceremony Saturday in Crater Lake National Park was to recognize that the formal search for her son had come to an end.
"It has been an excruciating and horrific experience," Becker said in a phone interview earlier in the day.
Then, she praised the bravery, kindness and humaneness of the rescuers.
"We don't have resolution," she said. "Ambiguity is difficult, but the land here is very beautiful, but nature takes away. It looks like this time it took Sam."
The small group gathered about 11:30 a.m. at Cleetwood Cove on Rim Drive, near the spot where Sammy was last seen Oct. 14. The group included about a dozen family members, including two of Sammy's aunts, and six Klamath Tribes ceremonial drummers.
Just horrible :(
LOev ya,
Tammy
No mention of other children. Loosing a child is the worse. Leaving that park with questions unanswered would be my death. I know they searched the shoreline but I never heard about a search of the waters or could it be foul play????
This story really bothers me for some reason.
Any further news? Did they start the 'limited search' yet or do they have to wait until they raise enough money for it? UNBELIEVABLE This is from today... PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Helicopters and dogs will continue a "limited search" for Samuel Boehlke, the 8-year-old who disappeared Oct. 14 at Crater Lake National Park, the Park Service said Thursday. Up to 200 people looked for the Portland youth for a week before the search was curtailed. He disappeared on a day trip to the park with his father. For the next few weeks, the Park Service said, helicopters will be in the air when the ground is substantially snow free, and dog teams will search, particularly when the weather is good. The onset of winter is expected in about three weeks, meaning the start of an average of more than 44 feet of snow for the season. That will halt the search until snowmelt next spring, the Park Service said. The Park Service said it may use dog teams that specialize in avalanche rescues once the ground is covered with snow. I am so glad that I was wrong about the search being over!!! Thank you ormomoftwo!!!! I am so happy that they have not given up and I pray that they find him & soon before that snow hits!!!!!!!!!!! If you ever hear anything please post it. I would love to hear a happy ending or at the very least closure for the family. Thanks again!!!!!!! It's just heartbreaking. I looked at my ds today who is just a couple years younger then that boy and thought how could they leave not knowing that maybe by some chance he was still alive?
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