Haines Volunteer Fire Department volunteers, good samaritans and a satellite communication device combined earlier this fall to rescue a severely injured resident after an airboat accident left her, her parents and four dogs stranded on the upper Chilkat River.
Nicole Holm was at the helm of her father’s airboat on Sept. 11, headed to moose camp to prepare for the hunting season, when debris beneath the river’s surface pushed the boat into a fallen…