Quote:DHBirr wrote:Assuming he knew about it, but that's neither here nor there. If it sank (a viable option, but given the shape of the shield, it could conceivably hit the water at a tumble or flat and not edge on, in which case it could float), I think that the thought processes of his rescuers would be: "Hey, it's Captain America! Where's his shield? Shit, I bet it's in the river. Get the divers!" The shield's a national treasure; the government would try to find it. Especially given that they'd be searching the river for other survivors of the helicarrier crash.Quote:Ebony wrote:While in general I agree with your premise, I have to point out that the shield is metal, and therefore is more likely to have sunk to the bottom of the Potomac rather than floating. As Black Aeronaut pointed out, however, there'd almost certainly be a major effort to find it. It wouldn't much surprise me if SHIELD put a tracer on it as you suggested -- but (devil's advocate here), based just on the Winter Soldier trailer, Cap was given reason at about that time to not particularly trust SHIELD, so he might've found and removed the tracer....Quote:Let's put it this way... You're an average American citizen, hanging out in the greater DC area, and you see something colorful drifting along in the Potomac or washed up on the shore. Upon further investigation, you see that it's an iconic piece of American history, one that your grandparents might have told you about or that you saw in your high school history books, and one you definitely saw in the news coverage of the Battle of New York. And it's just floating there. Maybe it's a prop or relics, but maybe not, and even if it is, it's gotta be worth something. So you grab it.
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