Begich's

Young, the Republican who stood with Begich as an ambitious teacher years before, claimed Begich's seat and has held it ever since.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

Young, the Republican who stood with Begich as an ambitious teacher years before, claimed Begich's seat and has held it ever since.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

"I couldn't beat him with a stick, and I knew that," said Young, recalling a phone conversation, just days before Begich's disappearance, in which the congressman tried to convince him that he had no hope of winning.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

Begich said he had waited for news about the crash as he prepared to fly from Anchorage to Kotzebue and later placed a condolence call to the Stevens household, just as Stevens had called Begich's mother 38 years ago.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

Begich said he had waited for news about the crash as he prepared to fly from Anchorage to Kotzebue and later placed a condolence call to the Stevens household, just as Stevens had called Begich's mother 38 years ago.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

"I couldn't beat him with a stick, and I knew that," said Young, recalling a phone conversation, just days before Begich's disappearance, in which the congressman tried to convince him that he had no hope of winning.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

"I couldn't beat him with a stick, and I knew that," said Young, recalling a phone conversation, just days before Begich's disappearance, in which the congressman tried to convince him that he had no hope of winning.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

Young, the Republican who stood with Begich as an ambitious teacher years before, claimed Begich's seat and has held it ever since.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

Begich said he had waited for news about the crash as he prepared to fly from Anchorage to Kotzebue and later placed a condolence call to the Stevens household, just as Stevens had called Begich's mother 38 years ago.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010

"I couldn't beat him with a stick, and I knew that," said Young, recalling a phone conversation, just days before Begich's disappearance, in which the congressman tried to convince him that he had no hope of winning.

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich 2010