Nice story...BUT...
“Her husband would not be allowed to come to their aid because of COVID-19 restrictions.”
The US - Canadian border is CLOSED! How did she get into Canada in the firsts place? And how, exactly, did she plan to re-enter the US to join her husband?
Something just doesn’t add up.
The border is open to travel between the lower 48 and Alaska provided that the travelers are U.S. citizens and undertake to continue their journey with only necessary stops for supplies and overnight rest.
Some cases of abuse of these regulations have come to light, e.g., U.S. residents stating they are headed to Alaska but then they go to a ski resort for a week.
Not that I care because I believe most of this pandemic is a false alarm, but those are the actual regulations and situations ... I live near a border crossing in a small town and we do see the occasional U.S. license plate in town, people know that these are folks heading one way or the other to or from Alaska. It doesn’t seem to bother anyone here except for one restaurant which asked Alaska bound travelers not to stop in there (so we’re boycotting them as a result, they lost more than just their occasional U.S. visitor but probably figured they would get virtue signalling points from the local leftists).
As to the guy helping out, that is above and beyond, his reward awaits him in another life probably.
1. Some people freak out in summer when trying to drive the Alaska Highway. It is a tough trip.
2. The border is closed to some, not to others. I can fly out of Toronto to many US destinations, no problem. I have two children who live in Canada and work in the US. They cross the border every day.
3. My wife has a US passport and a PR card for Canada. She cannot be denied entry if she presents herself at the US border because she is a US citizen. She cannot be denied entry if she presents herself at the Canadian border because she has permanent resident status in Canada. Border services might ask her a lot of questions, they might require her to quarantine, but they cannot deny her entry.
It is a "soft" border closing.