David Boxley
50:53 - 51:24
"We have always been, uh, the next-door neighbors, Julie Plingett and I, always, to the point that we're families. But that's the truth. So it's not like somebody grabbed us from Florida and dropped us in Southeast Alaska."
“We have always been, uh, the next-door neighbors, Julie Plingett and I, always, to the point that we're families. But that's the truth. So it's not like somebody grabbed us from Florida and dropped us in Southeast Alaska.”
- Speaker
- David Boxley
- Timestamp
- 50:53 – 51:24
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 12, 2026
From the transcript
We have always been, uh, the next-door neighbors, Julie Plingett and I, always, to the point that we're families. But that's the truth. So it's not like somebody grabbed us from Florida and dropped us in Southeast Alaska. Um, yeah, so I'm really thrilled everybody came. I want to thank Tom for suffering through working with all of us trying to document these.
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