Alaska statute -- Acknowledgments -- Answering the call -- Map -- Aviation rescues: Against all odds, Lake Iliamna, 1990 -- Return from death, Kasilof, 1977 -- Beyond the call, Saint Lawrence Island, 1975 -- No turning back, Taku Inlet near Juneau, 1994 -- Doing it the hard way, Nome, 1993 -- It's now or never, Cordova, 1983 -- Public safety rescues: Skyjacked! In a Boeing 737 over Alaska and the Northwest, 1971 -- Quick or the dead, Delta Junction, 1995 -- Water and Fire rescues: Adrift to nowhere, off Saint Lawrence Island, 1988 -- No other choice, Scout Lake, 1968 -- Fight for life, Buckland, 1989 -- Special delivery, Ketchikan, 1965 -- Very edge of death, near Sitka, 1987 -- Last voyage of the Dora H., off Kodiak, 1991 -- "He gave his life to save a friend ..." Nome, 1984 -- No second chance, Fairbanks, 1972 -- Vehicle rescues: From beautiful day ... to nightmare, near Talkeetna, 1993 -- No time for fear, Kenai, 1982 -- More stories of metal winners: Dodging broken live wires, North Kenai, 1977 -- Officer ambushed, Craig, 1966 -- Saving "three small lives, " Ketchikan, 1967 -- Girl saves mother, dies, Sitka, 1984 -- First on a fire scene, Anchorage, 1997 -- Boat harbor fire, Juneau, 1995 -- "I had to get the kid out ..., " Emmonak, 1985 -- Through the sea ice, Shishmaref, 1996 -- "I knew they were in trouble ..., " Juneau, 1997 -- Fatal attempt, Kotlik, 1993 -- "Remarkable" rescue, North Pole, 1994 -- Pool rescue, from Eagle River to New Orleans, 1996.