Loved ones were waiting for them. They waited on the other side—of that blue, of the sky, and of the water. At 10:00 p.m. on Friday, July 16, a couple and their young daughter were waiting at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport for Lauren’s plane to arrive, after which they would all head back to their house. Dan Samson was waiting to meet John and Carolyn at the Hyannis Port airport.

