Man Survives Buried By Avalanche Survives 17 Hours

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 8 February 2010 10:45 AM


A man skiing alone in the Swiss Alps survived for 17 hours after an avalanche trapped him under a mountain of snow says the Star Tribune. A pocket of air allowed him to breath long enough for a team of rescue workers to find him and dig him out. 

The image and article above came from today’s Tribune De Geneve, a Swiss newspaper

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