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Villagers offer support for a critical lifeline in rural Alaska days after plane crash kills 10

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In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, residents from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska pose with a Bering Air pilot, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro)
This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)
In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, residents from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska pose with a Bering Air pilot, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro)
In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, a resident of the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska, holds a sign that says We Love Bering Air on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro)
In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, a Bering Air pilot is hugged by a resident of the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 (AP via Irene Navarro)
In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, a resident of the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska holds a sign that says We Love Bering Air on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro)
In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, a Bering Air pilot is hugged by a resident of the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 (AP via Irene Navarro)
This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)
FILE - People prepare to get on an airplane at the airport in Bethel, Alaska, for a flight to Toksook Bay. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
FILE - Ice is visible in the Bering Sea ON Jan. 22, 2020, as seen from a small airplane near the western Alaska coast. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)

In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, residents from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska pose with a Bering Air pilot, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro)