Family and friends remember Iowan killed in Alaska avalanche Share Updated: 6:46 AM CST Mar 5, 2021
Family and friends remember Iowan killed in Alaska avalanche Share Updated: 6:46 AM CST Mar 5, 2021
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Show Transcript ALYX: WE HAVE A DEVASTATING STORY FROM EASTERN IOWA THIS MORNING. A WATERLOO MAN, PURSUING HIS LOVE OF HIKING, WAS KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE IN ALASKA. MATT NYMAN SPENT MANY YEARS SERVING IN THE MILITARY, BUT HE HAD TO STOP WHEN HE WAS HURT IN A HELICOPTER CRASH. AFTER YEARS OF REHAB, NYMAN FOUND A NEW LOVE OF MOUNTAINEERING. HE CLIMBED KILAMANJARO AND MOUNT LOBUCHE NEAR EVEREST. HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE NOW REMEMBERING HIS SPARK. IT WAS IN ALL HONOR AND RESPECT FOR MATT NYMAN, WHO DESERVES IT. ALYX: A GOFUNDME HAS BEEN STARTED TO SUPPORT MATT’S FAMILY FOLLOWING HIS DEATH.