Fossett found

investigators are reporting they have found human remains in the plane crash of missing millionare Steve Fossett. some hikers told authorities of the plane wreck when the group found a sweater, cash, and some id with Fossett's name on it wednesday in Sierra Nevada. Fossett was last seen September 3, 2007, when he took off from the Flying-M Ranch outside Minden, Nevada. Madera County sherriff John Anderson said the plane appeared to have crashed into the side of the mountain and the damage was "so severe I doubt someone would've walked away from it." because of the severity of the damage to plane and the remains no one knows how long it will take sort out the pieces of this huge puzzle. including identifying the human remains and determining what caused the plane to crash in the first place. Fossett's disappearance prompted a search that ultimately included thousands of volunteers, hundreds of officials and dozens of aircraft poring over an area more than twice the size of New Jersey.
The search was officially suspended a year ago Friday, and a Chicago probate court judge declared Fossett dead in February (cnn.com). Fossett is a well known risk taker/dare devil. He was the first person to circle the globe solo in a balloon, accomplishing the feat in 2002, and the first to fly a plane around the world solo without refueling, which he did three years later. He also set world records in round-the-world sailing and cross-country skiing (cnn.com).