How Togo prevented an epidemic in Alaska | A Remarkable True Story

This is the true story of a sled dog named Togo who saved an entire town from certain death from diphtheria. With ports closed due to the winter there was no way to get any antitoxin and only a dog sled team could be relied on to prevent a mass outbreak. Togo led his team, with Leonhard Seppala as the musher, on the longest run called the Great Race of Mercy. Watch and learn more!

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[scotttrail]

Togo, was the embodiment of an "underdog".

[annabellejohnson-hvgz]

This is actually true I live in Oregon not Alaska but I have heard the story many times

[jannetteberends]

Now we are vaccinated against diphtheria. Most of us.