the body of a snow border who was buried under ten feet of ice was recovered on mt. hood in oregon today. kgw reports the 25-year-old was climbing through a tunnel on the mountain yesterday when an ice chunk the size of a school bus fell on him. it took rus keers about three hours today to get his body out. now a horrifying mistake that forced the drug enforcement administration to settle a lawsuit for $4 million. they locked up an american college student in san diego and then forgot about him for five days. cnn s brian todd has more on how he survived and what led to him being detained in the first place. reporter: left for four and a half days in a windowless cell. no food or water the entire time. no one even checked on him. he was never formally arrested or charged. this didn t happen in a lawless, developing country. it happened in san diego. to an american college student
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