Lisa Murkowski: “I have on my right an obituary. This obituary is very meaningful to the people of a small village in Alaska called King…”

“I have on my right an obituary. This obituary is very meaningful to the people of a small village in Alaska called King Cove. Ruth E. Croxton, 29, was killed July 15, 1981, when her twin-engine plane crashed and burned on a hillside. The plane was on approach to the King Cove, Alaska airstrip--in what was called ``typical Aleutian weather.'' Five other people died in the accident, including the pilot, Ernest D. Fife. Ms. Croxton was an anthropologist, a pilot, and a 1974 graduate of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Born in Salem, Ore., her family moved to Alaska when she was six years old. She was graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1969. Ms. Croxton and her pilot were bringing four cannery workers into King Cove but would have been evacuating a medical case once they reached the Aleutian village. She is survived by Mr. and Mrs. Loren Croxton of Petersburg; a sister, Mary, of Barrow; and her maternal grandfather, William Older of Livermore, Calif. Ms. Croxton died along with her passengers because there is no road between King Cove and Cold Bay. How many more people must die before we do something about it?”