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Video: Seward residents describe early morning tsunami threat

Residents of Seward describe what happened when the Resurrection Bay city was evacuated following an earthquake early January 23, 2017. Hear from the fire chief, the high school principal, the city clerk and the radio voice. (Marc Lester / ADN)

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Marc Lester

Marc Lester is a multimedia journalist for Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at mlester@adn.com.

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