Thursday, September 08, 2005

I've been following the story of Steven Cook, a university student from the UK who disappeared a week ago on the island of Crete. He went there with a group of friends but on the first night he never showed up back at his hotel in Malia on Crete and missed his flight home a week later. His bank account hasn't been touched, his money, passport remain at his hotel and apparently it would be completely out of character for him to disappear of his own accord. Now family members and friends of his have flown back to Crete to search for him, so far coming up emptyhanded. The holiday company has offered free flights from the UK for people wanting to help in the search. Some people have flown to Greece to help even though they don't know him. His brothers have been posting on a forum, giving the latest updates on their search for him, the ground they have covered, the people they have interviewed, but no clues have yet emerged as to where he is. I must admit it doesn't sound good. I've been impressed with the way family and friends and people completely unknown to Steven have rallied around to try to find him. I hope this story has a happy ending.

1 comment:

Wynn Bexton said...

Sounds pretty ominous. I hadn't heard about this before!