Photos and story credit: to local news reports
and E. Chlamers
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Miracles Do Happen
As some of you know, we live in the Colorado mountains in the summer, but rarely go there anymore in the winter. Last winter the little town nestled at nearly 9,000 feet in the San Juan Mountain range had only a few inches of snow. So this year it was a surprise when the snow kept coming, and coming and coming. Early on Sunday morning, a week ago a devastating avalanche happened.
It was sometime before 7am that a mountain of snow swept down of this unsuspecting beautiful home and barn of our sheriff ...about twelve miles south of town. He and his teenage girls never knew what hit them.
This photo is a picture of the remains of the house and barn. BUT miraculously all inside survived. The father was able to swim his way out of the snow and reach his truck containing his radio equipment and call for help. Hearing the screams of his older daughter, he somehow dug her out after 45 mins. Help arrived and the younger daughter was located a hour after the slide and miraculously was alive.
I am happy to report that all three have been released from the hospital and are in the caring arms of our little town.
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That is an horrific thing for them to have gone through - I am so pleased that they all survived and are now well on the way to recovery from such a traumatic event.
ReplyDeleteThey were very, very lucky.
ReplyDeleteDearest Janey,
ReplyDeleteThat sure is a living miracle and it makes one so happy to read that they all survived. Bruises will heal...
Sending you hugs,
Mariette
Oh my gosh I held my breath for a minute there Janey, thank heavens all were safe, although they will be having nightmares for a while ✨
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