0:20
Norm McDonald
3:01 - 3:22
“His family by blood and by marriage, including his New Zealand roots, are here today. His Alaska Fire family is here. The people he flew for and worked alongside with our helitack crews out of this very base. His U.S. Forest Service Fire family is here from Price Valley.”
- Speaker
- Norm McDonald
- Timestamp
- 3:01 – 3:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Palmer
- Captured at
- October 3, 2026
From the transcript
What strikes me standing here is the web of connections that Greg built over his lifetime. His family by blood and by marriage, including his New Zealand roots, are here today. His Alaska Fire family is here. The people he flew for and worked alongside with our helitack crews out of this very base. His U.S. Forest Service Fire family is here from Price Valley.
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