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A Canadian woman who went missing last week in a blizzard has been found alive, buried under almost a foot of snow for four days.
Donna Molnar, 55, set off from home in Ancaster, Ontario, on Friday but her car got stuck in a field of snow drifts.
The vehicle was found a day later, abandoned by the side of a road.
By this time, fears for her survival were mounting and it was not until Monday, when police officer Ray Lau was trudging through almost knee-high snow, that his dog Ace picked up the woman's scent.
Officer Lau was stunned to find Mrs Molnar still breathing.
He said: "When I came up to her she was covered in snow, just her face and her neckline was exposed. I was surprised she was alive."
Mrs Molnar was wearing a simple winter jacket and she had been buried in snow just a few hundred yards from where her car had been found.
Police believe the snow's insulating effect was what kept her alive.
Now in hospital, doctors say Mrs Molnar may lose some extremities after her ordeal in the freezing conditions - but she will live.
Family friend Mark Mackesy spent the weekend comforting Mrs Molnar's husband David, 55, and son Matthew, 20.
"That's the miracle. That's a Christmas miracle. Sometimes the good don't die young. Donna Molnar is an exceptional person," he said.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...ner_Survives_Four_Days_In_A_Snowdrift_Ontario
Donna Molnar, 55, set off from home in Ancaster, Ontario, on Friday but her car got stuck in a field of snow drifts.
The vehicle was found a day later, abandoned by the side of a road.
By this time, fears for her survival were mounting and it was not until Monday, when police officer Ray Lau was trudging through almost knee-high snow, that his dog Ace picked up the woman's scent.
Officer Lau was stunned to find Mrs Molnar still breathing.
He said: "When I came up to her she was covered in snow, just her face and her neckline was exposed. I was surprised she was alive."
Mrs Molnar was wearing a simple winter jacket and she had been buried in snow just a few hundred yards from where her car had been found.
Police believe the snow's insulating effect was what kept her alive.
Now in hospital, doctors say Mrs Molnar may lose some extremities after her ordeal in the freezing conditions - but she will live.
Family friend Mark Mackesy spent the weekend comforting Mrs Molnar's husband David, 55, and son Matthew, 20.
"That's the miracle. That's a Christmas miracle. Sometimes the good don't die young. Donna Molnar is an exceptional person," he said.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...ner_Survives_Four_Days_In_A_Snowdrift_Ontario
