During my SAR career, I have responded to well more than 400 incidents, many of which were reported in the media, primarily print. Occasionally, the reports resembled the incident to which I had responded. An exceptional few were quite accurate, and roughly an equal number were hopelessly garbled.

I don't advise reaching any conclusions based on immediate media accounts. It isn't that the media folks are incompetent or lazy (at least not most of them). Sometimes definitive information isn't available, and there is always that editor or producer with a deadline to meet - so accuracy suffers.

It is best to wait before reaching significant conclusions.