An avalanche for days she never gave up. Snow rescues straight ahead on a second look. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. Winter is a time for skiing and adventures in the snow. But it can also bring treacherous adventures trapping people miles from the help. Tonight stories of survival. We begin with a story of survival. Pria david first brought us the story in 2007. Reporter their harrowing experience started on sunday when the family set out to cut down a christmas tree. They drove to the snowy wilderness about 25 miles northeast of chico an area so remote cell phones dont work there. So easy to get turned around, we got the tree. Cut it down and started climbing down. And soon we realized we dont know which way to go. Reporter lisa sams the childrens mother and dominguez exwife reported them missing. Search crews started looking for the family. The bay area rescue team joined the effort and struggled through sleet and ice and snow drift up a 5foot wall. The
Up next on a second look, the rugged and highly trained mountain battle force that helped turn the tide of world war ii. The battle against avalanches in the sierra and how triggering small ones can prevent big ones. A woman who lived five days buried in the snow after a disastrous avalanche hit a sierra ski resort. And the story behind the california ski resort that was home to the Winter Olympics all straight ahead tonight on a second look. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. Tonight the joys and dangers of skiing. For one group of american soldiers in world war ii skiing was not a sport it was a means for waging war. In 2001, ktvus Bob Mackenzie brought us the story of the legendary tenth Mountain Division. Reporter in their time they were legendary soldiers. The men of the tenth Mountain Division could ski, climb mountains, use stealth and hit hard and fast. I think it was the best fighting force, it was the only fighting force that i experienced and i cant
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