Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A press conference was held by Governor Dunleavy Wednesday to give honors to individuals who had saved two Alaska children earlier in the year.
Print article An Iditarod volunteer and two state wildlife troopers in Skwentna rescued an 8-year-old boy who had fallen through the river ice at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race checkpoint on Tuesday. “It happened really fast. I was glad I was at the right place at the right time,” said Doug Ramsey, an Iditarod volunteer from Sundance, Wyoming. Ramsey wouldn’t have been at Skwentna, the first checkpoint of this year’s Iditarod, in a normal year. But a course change meant the race would come through twice about a week apart, so Ramsey was stationed there waiting for teams to return, killing time in the sleepy village of a couple dozen residents.
ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Iditarod volunteer and two state wildlife troopers in Skwentna rescued an 8-year-old boy who had fallen through the river ice at the Iditarod checkpoint on Tuesday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska An Iditarod volunteer and two state wildlife troopers in Skwentna rescued an 8-year-old boy who had fallen through the river ice at the Iditarod checkpoint on Tuesday. “It happened really fast. I was glad I was at the right place at the right time,” said Doug Ramsey, an Iditarod volunteer from Sundance, […]