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They’ll Kill You, Then Re-open Shop

I last posted this with generalities, but I figured I'd name and shame with this post, now: Alaska Excursions, based out of Skagway, AK disregarded documented years of safety recommendations from past and current employees for their most popular guided tour, Glacier Point. It led to a canoe capsizing in a raging river, sending all occupants into freezing water. A tourist on his honeymoon died from blunt force trauma after being bashed against rocks in the rapids. The other occupants of the canoe were luckily rescued by the Coast Guard (your tax dollars saving private business' fuckups). It could have happened to anyone on that tour. The sheriff ruled it an accident. Alaska X continued tours a couple weeks later, but this time with the safety recommendations that past employees were screaming about for years. The company got their license renewed by the city they operate out of a year…


I last posted this with generalities, but I figured I'd name and shame with this post, now:

Alaska Excursions, based out of Skagway, AK disregarded documented years of safety recommendations from past and current employees for their most popular guided tour, Glacier Point. It led to a canoe capsizing in a raging river, sending all occupants into freezing water. A tourist on his honeymoon died from blunt force trauma after being bashed against rocks in the rapids. The other occupants of the canoe were luckily rescued by the Coast Guard (your tax dollars saving private business' fuckups). It could have happened to anyone on that tour. The sheriff ruled it an accident.

Alaska X continued tours a couple weeks later, but this time with the safety recommendations that past employees were screaming about for years. The company got their license renewed by the city they operate out of a year later, despite emails and concerns shared by former employees to the city council. The council decided to rubberstamp everything. The millionaire owner was never charged with anything to my knowledge. They still cheerfully operate today, sending cease and desist letters out to those that dare criticize them publicly.

Please remember: Money, government, and private business owners don't care, even if they kill you. They'll song and dance and cry and pretend they give a fuck, but all they care is about their bottom line.

https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/story/2018/08/02/news/man-dies-during-alaska-excursions-canoe-tour/12031.html

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