A skier is lucky to be alive after being swept away by an avalanche while skiing near Mont Blanc on January 29.
Witness Morgan Akhourfi, 24, filmed the terrifying moment when the skier disappeared under the snow, tumbling 300 meters toward a 50-meter cliff. Despite the severity of the fall, the man survived after deploying his avalanche airbag, which helps keep the wearer near the surface of the snow.
Rescue teams arrived within 20 minutes and airlifted the man, who was found conscious but in shock, with a broken leg and fractured ribs. Morgan, a skier from Chamonix, said he initially thought the man was dead.
Witness Morgan Akhourfi, 24, filmed the terrifying moment when the skier disappeared under the snow, tumbling 300 meters toward a 50-meter cliff. Despite the severity of the fall, the man survived after deploying his avalanche airbag, which helps keep the wearer near the surface of the snow.
Rescue teams arrived within 20 minutes and airlifted the man, who was found conscious but in shock, with a broken leg and fractured ribs. Morgan, a skier from Chamonix, said he initially thought the man was dead.
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00:00A small crossing, yeah it was a big one
00:02Oh f**k
00:04Oh f**k
00:06Oh f**k
00:08Oh f**k
00:10Oh f**k
00:12Oh f**k
00:14Oh f**k
00:16Oh f**k
00:18Ok good to see you alive first
00:20Yeah
00:22He's lucky, he triggered the airbag
00:24He stayed on the surface
00:26He's fine, he's conscious
00:28He might be injured so we'll have to get him in a helicopter
00:59Are you ok?
01:01It's ok, is this good?
01:03It's the leg here and the rib here
01:05Ok, the right one is not good