Nicky Myers, 59, was the mayor of Pilot Station, proto-deacon of the Russian Orthodox church, a crew boss for local wildfire fighters, a member of search and rescue, and a family man. Via KYUKNews
on his snowmachine and died. It was the first river death in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta this year.
Myers set out on the Yukon River from Pilot Station to St. Mary’s by snowmachine on the afternoon of April 26. His son, 30-year-old Nikiefer Myers, had just landed after a vacation. Nikiefer thought a friend was going to pick him up, but instead it was his dad.The two headed home, upriver toward Pilot Station for what is normally about a 40-minute snowmachine ride. His dad told him that the ride downriver had been good. But by evening on the way back, it started to get bumpy.
Nikiefer was holding onto his dad and trying to find solid ice to hang onto. The first piece broke off, but he finally found a solid patch and pulled his dad onto it. His dad was weak and cold. He wanted his son to stay safe. His dad told him to leave.His dad was starting to slide back under the ice. Nikiefer pulled him out again.
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