McKean is the granddaughter of former US Attorney General and US Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. She is a public well being and human rights lawyer and serves as the govt director of the Georgetown University Global Health Initiative.
“At this time, our family asks for privacy and that everyone keep Maeve and Gideon in their prayers,” the Kennedy family stated in a press release supplied by a spokesperson.
“They just got farther out than they could handle, and couldn’t get back in,” he instructed the paper.
The US Coast Guard confirmed they’re conducting a search for two missing canoers and that crews on boats and helicopters have been persevering with their search Friday morning.
Coast Guard officers obtained a report of “two individuals were seen struggling to return to shore in a canoe” close to Herring Bay, 10 miles south of Annapolis, and have been “not seen again,” in response to a press release Friday from the Coast Guard.
Capt. Erik Kornmeyer of the Anne Arundel Fire Department instructed CNN {that a} name from a “concerned citizen” got here in at 4:30 p.m. ET Thursday.
Queen Anne Police Department, Arundel Police Department, Maryland Natural Resource Police, and Maryland State Police have been helping in the search, the Coast Guard stated in a press release Friday.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan stated Friday that “an intensive search has been underway since yesterday” for Maeve and Gideon.
During a information convention, Hogan stated he spoke with McKean’s mom, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Friday morning.
“On behalf of the people of Maryland, I expressed our most heartfelt sympathies and prayers to her and to her entire family during this difficult time,” Hogan stated.
CNN’s Keith Allen contributed to this report.