“Nome is a solid community that pulls together to assist one another throughout trying times. As we all attempt to get beyond this terrible event,
I anticipate that the outpouring of support will continue in the days ahead,” Handeland said. Later in the evening, a prayer service was scheduled.
Conditions were changing so quickly that attention was already turning to a recovery effort. Officials listed the difficulties, which included.
“young ice” that was unstable and mushy and inclement weather predicted within the following eighteen hours. Jim West, the head of the Nome Volunteer Fire Department,
Said, “They are on the ice as we speak.” “We have to do it as quickly and safely as possible because the conditions out there are dynamic.”
According to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety, the Bering Air single-engine turboprop aircraft was carrying nine passengers and a pilot on Thursday afternoon.
