NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Two boys trapped in a snow pile in the Hudson Valley for several hours after a plow buried them were able to survive thanks to an air pocket in the heavy, wet snow, New York police said Friday.
The two cousins — aged 11 and 9 — were building a snow fort Wednesday night near their apartment complex in Newburgh when a plow operator clearing a parking lot unknowingly pushed snow over them. A search was called that night after the boys’ parents became alarmed.
The boys were found conscious and suffering from exposure at about 2 a.m. Thursday after an officer spotted a shovel and then a small boot in the snow. Police say they were buried in about 5 feet of snow and had trouble moving their arms and legs.
