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Passengers Rescued From Frigid Hudson
It appears all 155 passengers and crew survived today’s crash of a US Airways flight from LaGuardia Airport into the Hudson River off Manhattan, WINS-AM reports. For photos of the the remarkable...
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At Obama Swearing-In, Watchers Will Swear at Cold
The presidential inauguration is shaping up to be a trying event, what with huge crowds, restrictive security measures, and now, a chilly forecast, USA Today reports. Contingency plans range from the...
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Elderly Man Freezes to Death Over Unpaid Bill
A 93-year-old Michigan man who failed to pay his electricity bill froze to death in his home after the city cut his power supply, the Bay City Times reports. Marvin Schur suffered what a pathologist...
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93-Year-Old Left to Freeze Leaves $500K to Hospital
The 93-year-old Michigan man who froze to death last month after his electricity was cut off was a World War II medic who left his estate—possibly more than $500,000—to a local hospital, CNN reports....
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American, Japanese Climbers Die on Mt. Fuji
An American climber and his Japanese colleague have been found frozen to death on Mount Fuji, AP reports. Authorities believe the men, reported missing last weekend, perished on their way down from the...
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Why You Can't 'Freeze to Death'
The phrase may be a common one, but it's not that easy to "freeze to death," explains LiveScience . In fact, it's a bit of a misnomer: Hypothermia will almost certainly get you before the body freezes....
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Trapped Snowboarder Burns Cash to Survive
A German snowboarder who was trapped on a chair lift for 6 hours says he'd probably be dead now if he hadn't had money to burn. Dominic Podolsky was stuck on the lift in freezing temperatures when it...
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Surgeons Try Freezing Patients
Surgeons are about to begin human testing on a bold new technique for treating trauma patients in which they intentionally induce extreme hypothermia, the Daily Telegraph reports. By injecting cold...
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Stroke Victims' New Hope: A Deep Chill
Last year, surgeons eyed induced hypothermia to treat trauma ; now, experts think a deep chill could help stroke patients recover, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors throughout 20 European countries think...
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Baby Born on Frozen Street Declared Dead, Revives
Two alert police officers are credited with saving the life of a baby girl who was wrongly declared dead after being born outside in freezing temperatures in Toronto. The girl's mother had attempted to...
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How Epic Hypothermia Saved a Woman's Life
When a skiing accident left her trapped in an icy mountain stream, Anna Bågenholm's core body temperature dropped to an astonishing 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit—and that may just have saved her life. The...
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Hiker Loses Car Keys, Dies of Exposure
Booze and a late-night hike in freezing temps might seem like a combination with the potential to go horribly wrong, but it was the added element of lost car keys that took a turn for the deadly in...
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Outdoors Writer Died of Hypothermia
An outdoors writer nicknamed the "guru of trails" died of hypothermia after disappearing on a hike in Mount Rainier National Park last week, authorities have confirmed, ruling the death an accident....
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Autopsy: Boy's Death in Hot Car Looks Like Homicide
The autopsy on the Atlanta toddler who died after being left in a hot car is out, and while it doesn't seem to shed much light on what happened, police are sticking by their decision to charge dad...
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Porpoise May Have Died From Too Much Mating
A 5-foot-long, 110-pound elderly male porpoise—which likely washed up on Worthing beach south of London before being dumped more than a mile inland—appears to have devoted so much of its energy to...
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Boy Survives After Body Temp Plunges to 55 Degrees
"It’s the only case of its kind in the world," says a doctor at a Polish children's hospital. "The child has come back to the world of the living." Krakow doctor Janusz Skalski is talking about little...
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Boy, 3, Dies After Wandering Out in Cold
Toronto is in mourning after the horrifying death of a 3-year-old boy who wandered outside at night wearing only a T-shirt, pullup diaper, and winter boots. Little Elijah Marsh is believed to have left...
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Docs Bring Back 'Miracle' Man Frozen in Snow
When Don Smith found his son, Justin, lying in a McAdoo, Pa., snowbank on Feb. 21, 2015, after Justin had tried to walk home from a bar the night before, it was a terrible sight. "I remember holding...
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Here's How Kristin Cavallari's Brother Died
The death of Michael Cavallari, brother to reality star Kristin Cavallari and brother-in-law to NFL quarterback Jay Cutler, was accidental, E! reports. Cavallari crashed his car in frigid weather while...
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Mom Accused of Putting Newborn in Fridge for 3 Hours
A 27-year-old South Carolina mother of a toddler has been accused of killing her 4-day-old newborn by putting him in the refrigerator for three hours, where he suffered hypothermia with asphyxiation,...
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