pussycow wrote:
WiscBadger95 wrote:
Just rewatched it, and I caught something I missed before. According to the cover story, more than eight people got off the plane. Only eight made it to the island. Here's what Jack said at the press conference -- note the very last line:


MALE REPORTER #1: Dr. Shephard! Dr. Shephard! Can you tell us what it was like when the plane hit the ocean? Uh, how you survived.

(Camera shutters snapping)

JACK: Um...

(shutters continue snapping)

JACK: It--it all happened really fast. I remember the impact. I remember the--the plane filling up with water. A group of us got to the emergency door, and, um... got out before it went down.

MALE REPORTER #1: And those of you who survived--you swam to the island?

JACK: No. We had, uh, cushions. We had some life jackets. We were in the water for over a day before the current took us in. By then, there was only eight of us left.

Forgive me for being dim, but I don't really get the point. I must be missing or misreading something. Are you saying that jack's recounting doesn't match the "cover story"? "more than 8 people made it off the plane but only 8 made it to the island" is pretty much what he said. I am reading what he said as more than 8 made it off the plane, but some died the day they were in the water before they got to the island. And only 8 were left at that point

First off, the original story about the faked crash was that all the bodies were on the wreckage of the plane, thus everyone was accounted for. Then you take eight of those bodies off the plane, and it calls the crash story into question. But you can explain that away by saying that the salvage crew made a mistake because they were working with remote operated cameras at a great depth. Now you take even more bodies off the plane and the "crash story" becomes even more questionable.

Here's something else to throw out there: 8 people made it onto the island, and 6 got off the island. However ... Aaron had not yet been "born" when Kate set foot on that island ... yet he is counted as one of the Oceanic 6. That means 3 people had to have "died" on that island, not 2 as Jack testified at Kate's trial.

See? There are cracks in the cover story the O6 is telling. And eventually, someone is going to start picking at those cracks.