Jeremy Crandall, a cryptologic technician collection seaman, is a 1999 graduate of North Boone High School. Tom Crandall and his wife, Shirley, spent Tuesday at home awaiting calls from government officials updating them on the tense situation. Jeremy's mother, Pat Hedlund of Poplar Grove, could not be reached Tuesday. Tom Crandall remained stoic when he heard a network newscaster speculate that China's demand for an apology could drag out the crisis. I'm confident they'll get out, but I'm in a hurry.
China insists the U.S. plane was to blame.
Tom Crandall doesn't believe a U.S. apology will come soon. I can't see why the U.S. should apologize, and I don't expect that we will. Navy officials called at least three times Tuesday with updated information. The Crandalls said they were relieved to hear that U.S. diplomats had met with the spy plane crew early Tuesday. He took off work Tuesday to monitor the news.