Why is the Navy obligated to say something before the wreck is found? Coast Guard was still going to do a search anyway, and it’s not as if tiktokers were saili

Why is the Navy obligated to say something before the wreck is found? Coast Guard was still going to do a search anyway, and it’s not as if tiktokers were sailing out to help with the search. The US government did reject the OceanGate’s and Explorer’s Group request for military airlifts, so it’s possible the Navy intel played a part in saving those resources from being pointlessly expended https://twitter.com/NewsNation/status/1670998331663994882?s=20 https://twitter.com/NewsNation/status/1670998331663994882?s=... edit: added “not” to the tiktokers doing a search