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Speaker A
4:47 - 5:22
"I'm just thinking about Kathleen. I dated her from my sophomore year in high school all through my college years at the Air Force Academy, got married soon after. She was president of the Alaska Nurses Association. She had some work injuries that caused her health to deteriorate pretty rapidly, to the point that she didn't get out of the house much. Her blood pressure would drop all the time"
“I'm just thinking about Kathleen. I dated her from my sophomore year in high school all through my college years at the Air Force Academy, got married soon after. She was president of the Alaska Nurses Association. She had some work injuries that caused her health to deteriorate pretty rapidly, to the point that she didn't get out of the house much. Her blood pressure would drop all the time”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 4:47 – 5:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai Peninsula
- Captured at
- June 15, 2026
From the transcript
I'm just thinking about Kathleen. I dated her from my sophomore year in high school all through my college years at the Air Force Academy, got married soon after. She was president of the Alaska Nurses Association. She had some work injuries that caused her health to deteriorate pretty rapidly, to the point that she didn't get out of the house much. Her blood pressure would drop all the time, and I had to go shopping, go grocery shopping and do some other stuff.
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