Joe Aultman-Moore was eating lunch at home on Wednesday, when a large landslide ripped through his neighborhood in Haines, trapping him and his neighbors in an evacuation zone.

LISTEN: Haines resident describes rescue after landslide hits neighbors’ houses

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LISTEN: Haines resident describes rescue after landslide hits neighbors’ houses

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