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| US boy buried alive under tonnes of snow | US boy buried alive under tonnes of snow |
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| A boy has died after his snow fort collapsed in upstate New York and buried him under tonnes of snow. | A boy has died after his snow fort collapsed in upstate New York and buried him under tonnes of snow. |
| Joshua Demarast, 12, died but his friend Tyler Day was found alive after being submerged for hours. Seven tonnes of snow was removed in the rescue. | |
| A snow plough might have triggered the collapse, and Tyler told police he heard bleeps before "it went black". | A snow plough might have triggered the collapse, and Tyler told police he heard bleeps before "it went black". |
| The boys made their fort while playing in a huge snow bank formed by street clearances in Greenwich. | The boys made their fort while playing in a huge snow bank formed by street clearances in Greenwich. |
| Investigators were called by Tyler's sister after he had not returned home by 17:00 local time. | Investigators were called by Tyler's sister after he had not returned home by 17:00 local time. |
| Police, assisted by search dogs, followed the boys' tracks from their home and found their sled beside the mound of snow. | Police, assisted by search dogs, followed the boys' tracks from their home and found their sled beside the mound of snow. |
| "I bet they moved seven tons of snow easily out of that pile by hand, shovels, snow rakes," Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said at a news conference. | "I bet they moved seven tons of snow easily out of that pile by hand, shovels, snow rakes," Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said at a news conference. |
| Rescuers were shocked to find the second boy alive in a pocket of air. | Rescuers were shocked to find the second boy alive in a pocket of air. |
| "You can actually see the little pocket in that huge bank that he survived in and it is nothing short of a miracle," said Mr Bell. | "You can actually see the little pocket in that huge bank that he survived in and it is nothing short of a miracle," said Mr Bell. |
| It was "a true accident," said Mr Bell. | It was "a true accident," said Mr Bell. |
| "That's all I can tell you. A tragedy all the way around. There was no way that anybody could have seen the kids burrowed in back there." | "That's all I can tell you. A tragedy all the way around. There was no way that anybody could have seen the kids burrowed in back there." |
| Department of Public Works Superintendent Leo Flynn says it would have been impossible for his workers to have seen the teens beneath the snow. | Department of Public Works Superintendent Leo Flynn says it would have been impossible for his workers to have seen the teens beneath the snow. |
| "The guys are devastated," said Mr Flynn. "I mean again, they're all firemen. They all have kids in the school and grandkids and yeah, they're struggling with it." | "The guys are devastated," said Mr Flynn. "I mean again, they're all firemen. They all have kids in the school and grandkids and yeah, they're struggling with it." |