Bear attack survivor: ‘Grace was extended to me’

The survivor of a brown bear mauling near Yakutat on May 13 said the animal was startled, and attacked instinctively.
Ken Steck is recovering from his wounds with family in Anchorage. He spoke recently with KCAW’s Robert Woolsey about his experience.
Survivor Ken Steck says he “did not anticipate a bear threat” in his party’s camping area in Disenchantment Bay. “I could have done more to warn this bear,” he says. (Flickr photo by user sach1tb)Some of