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Savognin : Switzerland | 11 months ago  
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AP - Sunday, December 28-- 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.

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    Posted By InspectorGadget InspectorGadget | 11 months ago
    Good thing they had those mp3 players with them. If they didn't have them, it's possible that they could have gone missing for a lot longer and suffered more severe consequences. It's good to know that they are now okay.
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    Posted By Majdy Majdy | 11 months ago
    Wow…Just imagine, these kids would never have thought that their mp3 players could actually come in so handy. Well, that explains we shouldn’t take even small little things for granted. Everything has value and you never know when that little thing might end up saving your life! :-)
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