NEFFS CANYON, Utah — An off-duty Utah firefighter said he was in the right place at the right time when he came upon a skier half-buried in an avalanche this week, aiding in a rescue mission that took nearly eight hours.
Tom Elbrecht, a firefighter with the Unified Fire Authority, was skiing with his dog on Wednesday morning in Neffs Canyon in Salt Lake City when he heard a person yelling for help.
Elbrecht made his way up the hill with his dog, Wiley, and found the victim wrapped around a tree, buried to his chest in the snow with his head, arms and one leg exposed. Elbrecht took to carefully unburying the victim from the heavy avalanche snow, concerned about possible damage to the man's spine and right leg, which appeared broken.
"I had my dog and I had him sandwiched between us and just tried to stay warm as a group together," Elbrecht said. "But I knew that they were going to do the best that they could as far as on search and rescue side of things," he continued.
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