South Carolina TV Station Questions Sanford's Story
A new wrinkle in the Mark Sanford disappearance? Greenville's WYFF-TV cites sources who say the South Carolina governor may not have been hiking the Appalachian Trail. Reportedly, "a state vehicle is missing and was tracked down, not to the Appalachian Trail, but to the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta."
[Sanford Communications Director Joel] Sawyer has emphasized that the governor was hiking on the Appalachian Trail and that it wasn't something the staff or Jenny Sanford were concerned about.But sources told WYFF News 4 that the federal agent who spotted Sanford saw him at the Atlanta airport, which is about 80 miles from the start of the trail.
WYFF News 4 has not yet confirmed where the plane was going or how the governor got to the airport, but it is clear there are two very different stories.
News 4 called the governor's office, and was told again by staffers that they stand by their original statement that the governor is hiking the Appalachian Trail. They did not want to comment on this story.
One could argue that Sanford was flying to another spot along the trail route. Rest assured, this story won't die anytime soon.



