REPORT: DUTCH PRINCE JOHAN FRISO BURIED BY AVALANCHE IN AUSTRIA

2012-02-17 21:28:34 GMT+7 (ICT)

AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) -- An avalanche in western Austria has buried Dutch Prince Johan Friso, local newspaper reports.

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Good luck to him. A friend of mine had this happen but he was wearing all the avalanche safety kit and survived, if the Prince is wearing similar there will be a good chance of finding him quickly. Fingers crossed.

From www.nu.nl:

The prins has been re-animated and transported to a hospital. This according to the burgomeister of Lech, Austria. The condition of the prins is critical. The avalanche occurred just after noon at Litzen-Zugertobel. The prins was found quickly. There seem to be no missing persons.

http://www.nu.nl/bin...ven-lawine.html

NB: Prins Johan Friso is the second child and son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Edited February 17, 201214 yr by rubl

RT@mpoppel: REU: RESCUE CREWS PULL OUT DUTCH PRINCE JOHAN FRISO AFTER 15 MINUTES UNDER SNOW

RT@mpoppel: REU: DUTCH PRINCE JOHAN FRISO TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL IN AUSTRIA

RT@mpoppel: ANP: Friso is in a critical condition

RT@mpoppel: NOS News: Lech mayor says Friso was resuscitated and rushed to Innsbruck hospital

RT@mpoppel: Dutch gov't statement: Prince Friso has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Innsbruck hospital

RT@mpoppel: Dutch gov't statement: Doctors treating Friso describe his condition as stable but not out of life danger

Having met him along time ago, he's a great man. I wish him a speedy recovery. Makes you realise this can happen to anyone.

Reminds me of the novel The Snow Tiger by Desmond Bagley ( © 1975), one of his better creations:

"It was not a big avalanche, but then, it did not need to be very big to kill a man, and it was only because of Mike McGill's insistence on the Oertel cord that Ballard survived. Just as a man may survive in an ocean with the proper equipment and yet drown in a foot of water, so Ballard may have perished in a minor slippage that would have gone unrecorded even in avalanche-conscious Switzerland."

Dutch Prince Friso buried by avalanche in Austria, in critical condition

2012-02-17 22:00:50 GMT+7 (ICT)

AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) -- Dutch Prince Johan Friso was critically injured on late Friday afternoon when he was buried by an avalanche in western Austria, the Dutch government said. He was skiing with other members of the royal family.

Officials said the prince, 43, was skiing in the town of Lech when he was hit by an avalanche and buried under the snow for about 15 minutes before he was rescued and resuscitated at the scene. Other members of the royal family were not injured.

"Prince Friso has been hospitalized at the intensive care unit of the hospital in Innsbruck," the Dutch government said in a brief statement. "Doctors treating the prince describe his condition as stable but not out of life danger."

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