Touching the Ancient One: A True Story of Tragedy And ReunionOn February 5, 1954, an Air Force C 47 broke apart over the Susitna Valley of South Central Alaska and fell onto Kesugi Ridge. Six miraculously escaped, survived bone chilling cold, and were rescued through the efforts of pilots Cliff Hudson and Don Sheldon. Unacquainted with one another before the accident, the Air Force men bonded in the hospital. Forty two years later, the survivors and their families, the families of the victims, and rescuers came