it wouldn't have involved as many people, but yeah...you'd have the coast guard and the navy involved in your search...it just wouldn't be televised.
i think the greater point is still the fact that he didn't ask for it. hell...that's not even a great example considering the fact that of all the media coverage of john jr. over the years THAT is the one that he had absolutely no control over.
amy holden: "you've got a weird thing for canadian melodrama." banky: "i've got a weird thing for girls who say aboot."