Photos: The last kid in Cold Bay

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Sandy King hugs her son Matt Lopez, 12, before he boards a plane to move from Cold Bay on July 17, 2015. Matt's father Jorge Lopez, left, and brother, Zenny, right, are moving to California. King planned to join them there soon, she said. Since the Cold Bay school closed at the end of the 2014-15 school year, several residents have moved away or are planning to relocate soon.

COLD BAY -- On a blustery afternoon in July, most of the residents of this town at the edge of Alaska's Aleutian Islands showed up at the one-room airport for another goodbye.

This farewell was perhaps more significant than the many others that had taken place over the last few years -- this time, it was the mayor who was moving away. Jorge Lopez and his 12-year-old twin sons Matt and Zenny were leaving the town of about 60 people.

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