U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told officials last week that she would work to secure federal dollars for rebuilding efforts after the fatal slide.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski surveys the Third Avenue landslide zone with Ketchikan Mayor Dave Kiffer and other local officials.
“This is really hard on a small community,” Murkowski said. “To lose somebody, and particularly somebody that’s a local guy with a family here and one of your one of your coworkers. So this is really hard for us.” Down the hill, there is even more debris on Second Avenue where the slide smashed through the residential neighborhood.Murkowski walked into one of the houses adjacent to the slide with Fire Chief Rick Hines. The exterior looks fine. It was not hit by any of the mud and debris like its neighbor. But the inside is trashed. Insulation and air ducts hang from the ceiling beneath buckled support beams.
“My cousin Jenny grew up right there,” she said. “Yeah, it’s just kind of a normal street. It’s not a dangerous street. There’s nothing crazy going on here.”
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