For an hour and a half, speakers including Alaska’s two U.S. senators, the governor and one of Don Young’s daughters, told heartfelt and sometimes wacky tales from the congressman’s life. They recounted how he fought for Alaska for decades.
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“He’s a teacher. He’s a trapper. He’s a tugboat captain,” said U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. “He’s just kind of a regular Alaskan guy, who somehow or other decades ago — 49 years ago — found his way to Washington, D.C.”Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson listen to the memorial service for Rep. Don Young. on March 18 after losing consciousness on an Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle.
They listened and laughed along as speakers shared stories about Young, including how he called former President Donald Trump “the other Don” to his face. Or how how he famouslySen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks at the memorial. Dunleavy also recalled the last phone call he ever got from Young. He said he has a recording of the call, in which Young suggested they charter a military plane to fly Ukrainian refugees to Alaska, where they could work in the fishing industry.
“You say, ‘Well, Don wasn’t perfect,'” he said. “Well, I’m glad you don’t have to be perfect to go to heaven.”
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