Swiss Man Recounts Survival After Being Buried in Avalanche
Heinz Mueller, a Swiss survivor, shares his harrowing experience of being buried under 30 feet of snow in the Swiss Alps in 1993, describing the immediate feeling as 'panic'.
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A Swiss Survivor on What It’s Like to Be Caught in an Avalanche
Heinz Mueller was buried under 30 feet of snow in the Swiss Alps in 1993 but made it out alive. “It’s panic,” he says.
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