The search for five missing passengers on board an experimental submersible is now over, winding down one of the largest joint search and rescue responses in American and Canadian history.
As police and officials now comb through the facts to figure out what went wrong, debates are raging over who should be responsible to pay for the massive response on international waters.
Rear Admiral John Mauger of the U.S. Coast Guard was unequivocal when asked on Sunday.
“As a matter of U.S. law, we don’t charge for search and rescue nor do we associate a cost with human life,” he said. “We always answer the
