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A medevac plane flew above Igiugig last August. A child needed to be transported to Anchorage for intensive care. Ida Nelson had just finished taking a ....
1:56 A medevac plane flew above Igiugig last August. A child needed to be transported to Anchorage for intensive care. Ida Nelson had just finished taking a steam when she heard the plane overhead. It was late, around 11 p.m. She told the story during last week’s Red Cross Real Heroes awards ceremony. “Somebody needed extended care, and the only way to get it is to get them on a medevac and out to Anchorage,” she said. When the plane didn’t land, she went to the runway manager. The runway lights were out. “I was like, ‘Well, can I light up the runway?’ Nelson said. He was like, ‘Well, you can try.’” ....