Ridge and Brittany Alkonis: A Long Road Home
All In
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4.8 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On May 29, 2021, US Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis took his wife and children to hike a portion of Mount Fuji, a famous mountain where he were stationed in Japan. On their way home, they planned to stop at an ice cream shop Ridge had visited during his time serving in Japan as a missionary years earlier. Ridge was mid-conversation with his 7-year-old daughter when he suddenly lost consciousness and consequently lost control of the car he was driving, resulting in the deaths of two people. Ridge was sentenced to three years in prison. His wife and family were determined to bring him home. This is their story.
1:40- Joining the Navy
3:46- Meeting
7:54- Military Service as a Family
12:30- The Accident
18:43- The Worth of a Soul
26:15- The Tailor Shop
31:51- Everything Happens
43:39- Covenants
48:43- Forgiveness
52:56- 100 Percent Human
58:50- What Does It Mean To Be All In?
“There’s no guarantee in the scriptures that says, ‘If you are really, really righteous nothing bad is going to happen to you,’ and we don’t talk about that enough.” —Ridge Alkonis
“I’m still here. …To me, that’s what all in is. It’s not always understanding, the plan of happiness doesn’t mean you’re always happy but I’m still here. I’m still waiting for understanding and I’m still praying for peace that I know one day will come.” —Brittany Alkonis
Links & References
https://bringridgehome.blogspot.com
https://www.instagram.com/bringridgehome/
Deseret News article about Ridge's release
Recent interviews on CNN and Fox News
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| 0:30.9 | On the drive down from a hike or Amazon. |
| 0:33.3 | On the drive down from a hike up Mount Fuji with his young family, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Ridge |
| 0:38.9 | Alconis fell unconscious and his vehicle tragically ran into a restaurant parking lot, taking the lives of an 85 year old Japanese woman and her 54 year old son-in-law. |
| 0:51.0 | U.S. Navy investigators determined that Lieutenant Alconis must have passed out due to altitude |
| 0:56.6 | sickness, but a Japanese judge determined that Alconis had simply fallen asleep and sentenced him to three years in prison for negligence. |
| 1:06.0 | Lieutenant Alconis spent 537 days in custody and for 537 days his wife Brittany did everything in her power to bring him |
| 1:16.4 | home. Lieutenant Alconis calls her the real hero in this story. I would say they're both heroes Brittany's efforts paid off and on Friday January 12th |
| 1:27.2 | Lieutenant Alconis and his family were finally reunited. |
| 1:34.0 | This is All-In, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, |
| 1:38.0 | what does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? |
| 1:42.0 | I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so excited to have Ridge |
| 1:46.3 | Alconis and Brittany Alconis on the line with me today Ridge and Brittany. |
| 1:50.1 | Welcome. Hello. |
| 1:53.0 | Hello. Thank you. |
| 1:54.0 | Well, this is honestly, this is like one of those interviews that I dreamed would happen and didn't know if it ever would. |
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