There is a hovercraft link between Cold Bay and nearby King Cove.
Mr. Stevens says that the remote community of King Cove needs a land link to allow for emergency medical vehicles.
The last people left for King Cove in the 1980s; they brought everything with them and established a new Orthodox church there.
They point out that King Cove, like hundreds of small Alaskan villages, currently has no doctor.
The primary means of transportation is boats and float planes from False Pass or King Cove.
The trip takes about five hours to cross the roughly 40 mile distance from King Cove to Sanak.
All five species of salmon are abundant in the waters nearby King Cove.
King Cove's economy depends almost completely on the year-round commercial fishing and seafood processing industries.
His wife was one of those killed during an emergency medical transport out of King Cove.
King Cove is a city in Alaska.