Steven McAdams and Rusty Kendall both from the 176th Aerial Port Flight, Alaska Air National Guard, load donated blood samples aboard a 144th Airlift Squadron C-130 for transport to Seattle after the attack on the World Trade Center.  The blood was a shipment from the Blood Bank of Alaska.  12 September 2001.  Look below for more pictures.

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A C-130 flight crew from the 144th Airlift Squardron, Alaska Air National Guard, prepared to transport blood samples from the Blood Bank of Alaska to New York after the attack on the World Trade Center (l to r, Lt. Benjamin Doyle, Lt. Michael Jordan, Capt. Tony Sims, Tsgt. Timothy Delph, SMSgt. Ted Poplarchik, MSgt. Terry Pallas.) 12 September 2001

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Senior staff of the Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs (DMVA) brief the Governor and the media on the State's response to the terrorist attacks.  (l to r, Jim Chase, DMVA Deputy Commissioner; Major General Phillip Oates, DMVA Commissioner/Adjutant General; Brigadier General Stephen Korenek, Alaska Army National Guard Commander)

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Officials from various State and Federal agencies staff the State Emergency Coordination Center on Fort Richardson in response to the terrorist attacks.

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