A longtime Ketchikan resident died in a massive landslide Sunday that bowled its way through numerous homes and buildings.
Longtime Ketchikan resident was clearing storm drains when the landslide hitPublished: Aug. 26, 2024 at 5:35 PM AKDTKETCHIKAN, Alaska - that left piles of debris on neighborhood roads in the Southeast Alaska town.
The borough said Griffin was a 17-year veteran of the City of Ketchikan Public Works team, and “spent his life serving his family and his community.” “Sean was a beloved husband, father, son, neighbor, and coworker,” the borough said in a statement. “Sean was raised in Ketchikan and followed his mother into public service.”“It was his commitment to the community that caused him to respond to the call for assistance during his scheduled time off,” the borough said.
Sean Griffin, pictured here in the middle with the orange hat, was killed in a landslide in Ketchikan on Aug. 25, 2024.The slide left three others hurt — two of them hospitalized — and an untold amount of property damage following a stretch of brutally wet weather that left the ground saturated.“In my 65 years in Ketchikan, I have never seen a slide of this magnitude,” wrote Ketchikan City Mayor Dave Kiffer.Monday morning that school would be canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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