Life Goes On

Back when Savannah was happier.

According to several statistics websites, about 600,000 people go missing in the United States every year, which represents the most missing persons cases reported worldwide. While most cases of them are resolved fairly quickly, some remain open for decades. About 25,000 cases remain unsolved today.

With all due respect to Nancy Guthrie, the mother of TV anchor Savannah Guthrie who was abducted last Sunday, it's pretty crazy that her case has been covered non-stop every day since then, at the level of intensity one would expect for a world war or global plague.

My husband never heard of Savannah Guthrie before this happened. I had heard her name but never saw her even once, despite her being the host of the Today show for the last 14 years.  (I don't watch it.) So she's not some colossal star. What then explains the continuous coverage of this story?

I have no answers, only questions. And while it's hard to pull myself away, I'm pretty much done with it.  I think Savannah should dry her tears, put on some makeup, pack a bag and hop a jet to Italy where she was supposed to be covering the Olympics and get back to it before her career is forever tainted.