Who ever said skiing and MP3s don't mix?

[legalskier]

MP3 player lights rescuers' way to missing skiers

Sat Dec 27, 9:34 am ET

SAVOGNIN, Switzerland – Swiss rescue officials say they have found two missing skiers after spotting the light from their MP3 music player.

The Swiss air rescue association Rega says it received a distress call from the French tourists late Friday but the skiers' phone battery went dead before they could be reached.

Rega spokesman Gery Baumann says the two men were eventually found after midnight in steep, wooded terrain by a helicopter crew that spotted the light from their digital music player.

Baumann said Saturday that the two 22-year-olds suffered only mild hypothermia despite enduring temperatures as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 15 degrees Celsius).

The incident happened near the town of Savognin in southeastern Switzerland.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_eu/eu_switzerland_saved_by_the_music

 

[davidhowland14]

maybe if they'd been paying attention to the skiing instead of their music they wouldn't have needed rescuing...:uzi::uzi:

 

[legalskier]

maybe if they'd been paying attention to the skiing instead of their music they wouldn't have needed rescuing...:uzi::uzi:

I don't know what they were doing beforehand. The story doesn't say, and I don't make assumptions. Perhaps you do. I'm just happy they were rescued and none of us are offering condolences to their families; we've had enough for one week already. Hats off to the rescuers.

 

[davidhowland14]

i know, i know, I was just playing devils advocate. props to the rescuers.

charge your phones!