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Doc\u2019s grandfather\u2019s cousin Hiram Willis had a wholesale fish market down on Ballard\u2019s dock waaaay back in the day.\xa0

But Doc didn\u2019t arrive here until many years later at the behest of Power Company Owner, Cliff McGinness. In 1972 (following a harrowing airplane ride) Doc swooped on to Block Island and saved the day. That winter the island was facing an extreme cold snap. We were without a resident Doctor and in the midst of a flu epidemic which had infected the power company\u2019s chief engineer.\xa0 In the face of an island wide blackout (which given the frigid temps would\u2019ve proved catastrophic) Doc administered care to several island residents and single-handedly helped Block Island dodge a mighty big bullet.

And that\u2019s just his first trip to the island. Hit PLAY to see what\u2019s happened over the last 51 years.