
CASPER, Wyo. — Amanda Dodson thought she lost him.
She’d hiked to the top of Alaska’s Flattop Mountain with her new boyfriend, and on the way down, he went sliding off the edge of a snow field.
Jason Corbett, the young man with striking blue eyes and a blazing smile was gone.
Then Corbett called out for her. “Come on Amanda. Follow me.”
Taking her time, she slid down toward his voice. He was waiting with his arms out, near a big rock.
“I’m going to hit that,” she said.
“I won’t let you,” he answered. “I’ll be here and I’ll catch you.”
Amanda slid into his arms.
Corbett died Jan. 15 in Karmah, Iraq, attempting to help...