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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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W. A. (Bill) Watson survived a 500-foot fall and 3,000-foot avalanche ride down Mt. Susitna near Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, suffering only a stiff back and right heel injury. He was released from the hospital after 24 hours and returned to work atop the mountain Saturday.
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ANCHORAGE (AP) W. A. (Bill) Watson the man who came back is back at work atop 4,320-foot Mt. Susitna Saturday.
Watson, an electronics technician for the Communications Engineering and Service Co. of Anchorage, survived a fall of at least 500 feet and a roaring avalanche ride for another 3,000 feet down the mountain Thursday.
He was trying to clamber back to the telephone relay station on the mountain top when a helicopter picked him up and brought him to Providence Hospital here.
Apparently suffering only a stiff back and right heel, Watson was released after a 24-hour stay in the hospital.
Born in Glen Ellyn, Ill., Watson and his wife have been stationed on the peak since December. He has been in Alaska for six years. Prior to coming to the 49th State, he resided in California.
Watson fell while emptying garbage from an overhanging ice cornice. The ice gave way touching off the avalanche which carried Watson on its surface.
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Mt. Susitna, Near Anchorage, Alaska
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Thursday
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survived with stiff back and right heel injury; released after 24-hour hospital stay
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Watson fell at least 500 feet and rode a roaring avalanche another 3,000 feet down the mountain while emptying garbage from an overhanging ice cornice, which gave way and triggered the avalanche. He was rescued by helicopter and taken to Providence Hospital.