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David Pisurayak Kootook, MSC, (August 13, 1958 – December 1, 1972[1][2]) was an Inuit boy from Spence Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) who helped save the life of bush pilot Marten Hartwell after a crash in the Canadian Arctic. Kootook died after 23 days, and was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Cross.
- ^ Goyette, Linda (February 2011). Northern Kids. Brindle and Glass. ISBN 978-1926972138.
- ^ "Mr. David Kootook - Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2020.