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GUNFIGHT AT THE FROZEN PIN


As they pulled Boomer out of the gutter of the frozen street, the digital time and temperature clock in front of the bank across from them said 1:30am and -33 degrees. Fairbanks was a nasty place to pass out drunk outdoors in the winter. Five cent beer night had taken another victim. Half pushing and half carrying Boomer, his buddies struggled mightily with the 280 pound man, as they headed back to the army barracks. As firefighters for the Army, ...