Bob Rouse Makes
“Do or Die” Effort
To Go For Help
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — With hope
of aerial rescue gone, it was “do
or die” for Bob Rouse when he
set out afoot through a snow
covered wilderness in a gamble
for two lives.
For nine days and nights, the
Fairbanks construction foreman
stayed close to the wrecked plane
in which he and his passenger,
Viola O’Brien, crash-landed on
the ice of the Stony River.
He related by radio for the first
time Monday, how they survived
their ordeal while they were
missing for 14 days; how he fin
ally, in desperation, hiked 35
miles to find an Eskimo village;
how Miss O’Brien, summoning a
hidden reserve of strength, made
a final three-mile trek to a res
cue plane.
They crashed on a Nov. 3 Fair
banks-Anchorage flight. The first
day after the crash he circled on
a map the area where he believed
they had crashed, then took bear
ings on nearby peaks, after fog
had cleared.
They had a single sleeping bag
which Rouse said they alternated
in using. They had emergency
rations, but not many.
By the ninth day, both were
suffering from cold and hunger.
Temperatures ranged down to be
low zero. It was then that Rouse
set out on what he described as
a “do or die” search for a village
or for aid. He walked through
deep snow and heavy brush for
four days and had almost given
up when he found the Eskimo vil
lage.
Bob Vanderpool, a veteran Al
aska “bush” pilot, flew the res
cue plane to save Miss O’Brien
when she had all but given up
hope in the loneliness of the wil
derness.
Rouse went along on the flight
to the nearest landing spot which
was about three miles from the
crash scene. The footsore and
weary Rouse hiked to the wrecked
plane. Then Miss O’Brien hiked
to the rescue plae with him. Al
though she was weakened by
hunger and chilled through her
winter clothing, she apparently
suffered no ill effects from the
ordeal.
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