To be fair, even a poor cancer patient that would receive this much press attention would suddenly be showered with treatments. Lets face it, this one had the

To be fair, even a poor cancer patient that would receive this much press attention would suddenly be showered with treatments. Lets face it, this one had the right mix of ingredients (Titanic, adventure, recklessness, tech, scams, greed, dramatics, and most of all, a 90 hour deadline clock ticking, perfect for a news cycle) to get in the limelight, and maybe there were some other breaking stories that would benefit from something else drawing away attention ...?