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COVID-19 forced Duluth musher out of Iditarod, but memorial for suicide victims continued Sixth-place finisher Nick Petit knew it meant a lot to get list of loved ones to the finish line. Written By: Peter Passi | × Iditarod musher and former Duluth city attorney Gunnar Johnson at the finish line of the 2017 Iditarod in Nome, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Gunnar Johnson) When a COVID-19 diagnosis forced former Duluth City Attorney Gunnar Johnson out of the Iditarod last Wednesday, it obviously came as a deep disappointment. But his own personal dismay was overshadowed by a larger sense of dread: the fear that he stood to let down hundreds of people who were counting on him to finish the sled dog race in honor of loved friends and family members lost to suicide. ....
"To us, this is a win whether we get a hundred names or a hundred thousand," Gunnar Johnson said, adding that about 600 names have been received so far. ....
"To us, this is a win whether we get a hundred names or a hundred thousand," Gunnar Johnson said, adding that about 600 names have been received so far. ....
"To us, this is a win whether we get a hundred names or a hundred thousand," Gunnar Johnson said, adding that about 600 names have been received so far. ....
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