a group coming down from the mountain when they apparently triggered this slide. like i said, the u.s. ski team is really just in shock over this tragedy. abc s clayton sandell with the story. reporter: high on the mountain, search teams in helicopters with a desperate the rescue crews were on the scene immediately with multiple helicopters and other rescue crew. they were able to extricate the two skiers, but unfortunately it was too late. reporter: four skiers escaped the wall of snow on the austrian slope. those two olympic hopefuls killed. my name is bryce astle. i m an alpine ski racer out of sandy, utah. reporter: bryce astle s skills earned him an invitation to train with the u.s. ski team. he posted this youtube video in the fall to raise the money he needed to reach his dreams. hopefully get me that much closer to reaching the top of the world cup circuit and olympic podium. reporter: ronnie berlack
you can tell how excited she was. the video of zia s jump resonates with more than 1 million youtube viewers. not to mention with fellow jumpers. future olympic hopefuls jessica and abby. after all, it wasn t that long ago they were in the same spot themselves. not only is she showing the world what ski jumping is, but she s showing the world from her perspective. but for her, it was something that i think not a lot of people feel. you know, that adrenalin rush and being scared, but excited at the same time. and the first time i met her, i was just i was so excited that this little girl could bring herself to do that. when we re going to a new hill or we re jumping a bigger hill, there s always a little bit of adrenalin rush, and you re really questioning what you re doing. and then you jump, and you land, and you want to cheer every
that was awesome. that was definitely the best day as a coach. and after watching the video, you can tell how excited she was. the video of zia s jump resonates with more than 1 million youtube viewers. not to mention with fellow jumpers. future olympic hopefuls jessica and abby. after all, it wasn t that long ago they were in the same spot themselves. not only is she showing the world what ski jumping is, but she s showing the world from her perspective. but for her, it was something that i think not a lot of people feel. you know, that adrenalin rush and being scared, but excited at the same time. and the first time i met her, i was just i was so excited that this little girl could bring herself to do that. when we re going to a new hill or we re jumping a bigger hill, there s always a little bit of adrenalin rush, and you re really questioning what you re doing. and then you jump, and you land,
jumping at the olympics. in pairs figure skating, the russians nicknamed the dream team took the lead with the short program that left the crowd wanting more, catapulting themselves into the record books. with the best ever scores for a short program. at the cross-country venue, russian skier, anton garafvov taking a nasty spill but helped by the coach for canada. two countries coming together. atop the podium, a very olympic day indeed. a nice moment there with the olympics are all about. there was heartbreak at today s games as well. one of america s olympic hopefuls in the half-pipe, because the women s half-pipe is going on as we speak, carol, 17-year-old ariel gold, she hurt her wrist during practice. she had to withdraw from the event. can you imagine coming all wait
suzanne, michael. be careful there, of course, don t stand underneath those trees. i understand as this typically happens, right, they re getting crews from other states as well to help them out in pennsylvania? reporter: that s right. we ve been on the phone with the emergency workers, suzanne. we ve been on the phone with pico, which is the main power source company. pico, they re having people come from chicago, arkansas, ohio, new york, canada and massachusetts, all in right now to help. officials are telling us though that some people may not have their power back until this weekend. all right. margaret, stay warm. and stay safe. yeah. all right. let the games begin. finally. we haven t had the opening ceremony, but it s already started. and you ve got olympic hopefuls hitting the snow already competing in sochi ahead of the opening ceremony. and also we have to say amid a new terror alert. today s olympic events come as we are learning now about more warnings that