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AnchorageMarch 5, 2014 Updated 17 hours ago 2014-03-06T22:07:53Z
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Iditarod musher Scott Janssen rubs a bruised arm while wearing a boot for his broken foot on Wednesday afternoon, March 5, 2014, at his south Anchorage home. Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, was airlifted off the trail to an Anchorage hospital early Wednesday morning for treatment for a concussion along with a broken bone. ERIK HILL — Anchorage Daily News |Buy Photo
From Casey Grove in Nikolai --
When Newton Marshall saw fellow Iditarod musher Scott Janssen’s team on the trail between Rohn and here Tuesday, he thought the dogs had gotten away from the Mushin’ Mortician from Anchorage. Janssen was nowhere to be seen.
That’s because Janssen was lying down away from his sled, hurt with what Marshall said was a broken ankle and a concussion. A written statement from race officials said Janssen had "severely injured his leg."
What followed was just one example of mushers helping each other survive on a treacherous trail.
“There was somebody on the ice crying out for help,” Newton recalled Wednesday morning while getting hot water to add to food for his dog team. “He was saying, ‘Help, help.’ ”
Marshall asked what happened, and Janssen said he thought he’d broken his ankle. The Jamaican musher tried to pick up Janssen to get him back to his sled, but it was too painful for Janssen. Marshall got Janssen’s satellite beacon for him so Janssen could hit the emergency button to summon help and scratch from the race.
“He pressed it a bunch of times so they would come quick,” Marshall said.
Janssen guessed he had been down about 45 minutes and he was getting cold, Marshall said, so he got another parka for Janssen and a sleeping bag.
“He was in so much pain," said Marshall, who turned 31 years old on Sunday.
Marshall said he thought Janssen had a loose dog and was chasing it when he broke his ankle.
“He was pretty bummed. He can’t believe that he has to scratch. He can’t believe that he has to push the button,” Marshall said.
Janssen told Marshall that earlier, before the injury that waylaid him on the ice, he had hit his head and lost consciousness. He only remembered mushing out of the Rohn checkpoint, Marshall.
“I just had to stay with him until help comes,” Marshall said. “He had it rough.”
With the small fixed-wing planes of the Iditarod Air Force grounded by poor flying conditions, the Alaska Air National Guard flew Janssen back to Anchorage, Iditarod officials said.
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AnchorageMarch 5, 2014 Updated 17 hours ago 2014-03-06T22:07:53Z
Anchorage_Daily_News
Iditarod musher Scott Janssen rubs a bruised arm while wearing a boot for his broken foot on Wednesday afternoon, March 5, 2014, at his south Anchorage home. Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, was airlifted off the trail to an Anchorage hospital early Wednesday morning for treatment for a concussion along with a broken bone. ERIK HILL — Anchorage Daily News |Buy Photo
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From Casey Grove in Nikolai --
When Newton Marshall saw fellow Iditarod musher Scott Janssen’s team on the trail between Rohn and here Tuesday, he thought the dogs had gotten away from the Mushin’ Mortician from Anchorage. Janssen was nowhere to be seen.
That’s because Janssen was lying down away from his sled, hurt with what Marshall said was a broken ankle and a concussion. A written statement from race officials said Janssen had "severely injured his leg."
What followed was just one example of mushers helping each other survive on a treacherous trail.
“There was somebody on the ice crying out for help,” Newton recalled Wednesday morning while getting hot water to add to food for his dog team. “He was saying, ‘Help, help.’ ”
Marshall asked what happened, and Janssen said he thought he’d broken his ankle. The Jamaican musher tried to pick up Janssen to get him back to his sled, but it was too painful for Janssen. Marshall got Janssen’s satellite beacon for him so Janssen could hit the emergency button to summon help and scratch from the race.
“He pressed it a bunch of times so they would come quick,” Marshall said.
Janssen guessed he had been down about 45 minutes and he was getting cold, Marshall said, so he got another parka for Janssen and a sleeping bag.
“He was in so much pain," said Marshall, who turned 31 years old on Sunday.
Marshall said he thought Janssen had a loose dog and was chasing it when he broke his ankle.
“He was pretty bummed. He can’t believe that he has to scratch. He can’t believe that he has to push the button,” Marshall said.
Janssen told Marshall that earlier, before the injury that waylaid him on the ice, he had hit his head and lost consciousness. He only remembered mushing out of the Rohn checkpoint, Marshall.
“I just had to stay with him until help comes,” Marshall said. “He had it rough.”
With the small fixed-wing planes of the Iditarod Air Force grounded by poor flying conditions, the Alaska Air National Guard flew Janssen back to Anchorage, Iditarod officials said.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/03/05/335861...#storylink=cpy
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015