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Lt. Col. John Morse, deputy director of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, points to the approximate location of three distressed climbers on a map at the RCC on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 9, 2016. The climbers became stranded at 8,500 feet in elevation due to weather and signaled for help, which evoked the launch of a rescue effort by the Alaska Air National Guard. A few days later, two skiers were rescued.
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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska - Lt. Col. John Morse, deputy director of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, points to the approximate location of three distressed climbers on a map at the RCC on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 9, 2016. The climbers became stranded at 8,500 feet in elevation due to weather and signaled for help, which evoked the launch of a rescue effort by the Alaska Air National Guard. A few days later, two skiers were rescued.


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