The second email I received from Karen's mom

I received this email from Karen's mom, Kathleen later on Saturday:

Saturday, August 25, 2007 10:49 PM

Christian,

Here's the latest news on the search. I have also sent this info to Hilary so she will have it when she wakes up.

The Coast Guard called around dinner time (late) to say they were pulling back their boats -- which had been covering the islands near Mackinac Island -- and their airplane out of Traverse City. They say they will not resume their part of the search unless there is some concrete news.

The Civil Air Patrol Search & Rescue also called to say they had pulled back one of their planes for duty in the south of the state, but they still had four planes in the air: one is covering the area from Port Huron to Alpena including across Saginaw Bay and one is covering from Alpena to Mackinac Island, both going out and back. They have 60 people on the ground with receivers trying to find the electronic 'ping' activated by the plane's impact (ED Note: this cannot be heard under water). CAP is setting up a staging area at Gaylord and their planes will go out from there at sunrise. I asked how long they will continue, and he said "until we find them." So that's good to know. CAP is also looking at radar tapes from the Air Force base in Alpena. Their radar covers Mackinac Island and now that they have a better fix on the time Karen was ready to take off, they will review the tapes again to see if they can pick up her plane. I also corrected their description of the plane by giving them a website so they could go look at it. The officer was happy to have it.

The State Police called late and asked if either phone had a 'tracker' on it. I told her Karen has a Treo with Garmin on it, so she MAY have but I don't know for sure.

The Royal Canadian Coast Guard just called to confirm their information with me -- they also had the plane colors incorrect. CAP told me that RCC was helping them cover the shoreline on the Michigan side of Lake Huron.

That seems to be all the news until morning.

Love,
Kathleen