help me. okay, you can breathe. reporter: this woman buried in the snow in switzerland. witnesses frantically digging to free her head. professional snowboarder victor liebenguth jumping into action, locating her beacon. everything goes pretty fast and it was pretty scary, to be honest. my friend! reporter: the woman asking about her friend, who is buried nearby. find my friend. reporter: her orange avalanche airbag deployed during the january incident. using shovels, they dig her out. others rescuing her friend. without the beacon or without the airbag, the first girl, at least, would not be alive. reporter: here in the united states, an avalanche claiming the lives of two snow bike riders in colorado over the weekend. david, january and february are the deadliest months in the u.s. for avalanches and so far this winter, 16 people have been killed. david? all right, kayna, thank you. when we come back here, remembering the star of a tv classic. classic. and the