[HN Gopher] Red Cross honors Igiugig woman for helping light run... ___________________________________________________________________ Red Cross honors Igiugig woman for helping light runway during nighttime medevac Author : DoreenMichele Score : 40 points Date : 2021-05-20 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.alaskapublic.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.alaskapublic.org) | lsb wrote: | It's amazing to see how people come together in times of duress, | and how people understand their relative responsibilities to each | other when they know they have no one else but each other. | | (It's also a mixed bag. I'm sure, if the plane could have landed, | she would rather have taken a more leisurely steam.) | chanandler_bong wrote: | Wow... I lived in Dillingham for several years, and have been to | Igiugig several times. Never ever would have thought I'd read | about it on the web, let alone HackerNews. | goatcode wrote: | So? | lifeisstillgood wrote: | Oh come on. | | Was this heroic personal bravery, sword flashing agains the | oncoming horde. No. But human society is evolving, and we need | new heroes now. Heroes that can persuade us all to act in | concert, who can organise as much as fight. The problems of the | 21C don't need armies, they need ... whatever happened here. | | Quite simply, do you have the phone numbers of enough people in | your town to light up a runway. I live in a town of 2,000 | houses, probably 2 cars per house. I am afraid to say I could | not light up a rabbit hutch with my contacts list. | dang wrote: | Please don't post unsubstantive comments or be a jerk on HN. | We're hoping for something different here. | | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html | dharmab wrote: | WBM: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210519200046/https://www.alask... | mc32 wrote: | It's kinda the thing fire departments or police do when a | citizen goes above and beyond what's expected. They'll present | an award to create an atmosphere of cooperation and bonhomie. | Whether minutia is of interest is up to you. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-05-20 23:00 UTC)