Neighbors rescue 88-year-old stuck in snow: ‘It could have killed me’
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) A South Lake Tahoe man is thankful to be home safe after being rescued by two strong women when he got stuck knee-deep in snow.
Every day, Robert ‘Brian’ Spencer laces up his shoes and heads out the door to take his daily walk. He started the routine when he was 14 and hasn’t stopped rain or shine.
“I have lived my life as a tough guy,” Spencer said. “The mistake I make is that I’m 88.”
The 88-year-old tough guy’s’ mistake was trudging through the snow last week through a field more than knee-deep. It didn’t take long for him to get stuck.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. A South Lake Tahoe man said he is fortunate to be alive after getting stuck while hiking in deep snow.
Robert “Brian” Spencer was rescued this weekend by a pair of local residents.
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Robert Spencer, 88, known as Brian to his friends, spent 40 years as a firefighter in the Bay Area battling blazes and rescuing victims, but he was on the reverse side this weekend when he was rescued by what he called “two amazing women.”
Spencer went for his daily walk on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 31, a couple of days after a massive storm dropped several feet of snow, and ventured off the road and into a wildland area in the N. Upper Truckee neighborhood near Lake Tahoe Blvd., where snow was 3-4 feet deep.