“For me to have to ask for something that I feel he’s already earned – it’s kind of humiliating in a way,” said Brandy Johnson, widow of slain State Trooper Sgt. Patrick “Scott” Johnson.
"Tage Toll"
Law enforcement, firefighter survivors seek health benefits law
The families are looking for a permanent solution that will cover them and other survivors in the future.
Helo 1 crash still under investigation
The State Department of Public Safety is reviewing its safety procedures following a helicopter crash that took the lives of three men in March of last year.
Victim’s Names Released in Helo 1 Crash
In a somber and sometimes emotional press conference Monday in Anchorage, Public Safety Commissioner Joe Masters said that Helo 1′s pilot, Mel Nading, 55, Trooper Tage Toll, 40, of the Talkeetna post, and a body believed to be that of snowmachiner Carl Ober were aboard the downed craft.