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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
.... Perhaps something akin to what happens when a child is lost in the woods, the PD organizes a volunteer force of people to form a search line and walk the woods....
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I think it's different if the missing person is presumed alive or presumed dead. When someone is lost in the woods, they're presumed alive and a massive search makes sense. A volunteer force is easy to form.
This may sound heartless but when someone is presumed dead, then there is a balance between the cost and risks of a search versus the wait and see approach. If Mr. Surrette had floated away and there was a chance he was alive, hundreds of boats would have voluteered to search.