LOS ALAMOS, N. M. (KRQE) – The light from a portable music player helped guide airborne rescuers to a lost snowboarder facing a second frigid night on a New Mexico mountain.
Sebastian Gomez disappeared while boarding in falling snow at the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area late Sunday afternoon. He and his best friend, Greg Blea, were on their last run in the mountains above Los Alamos when they became separated.
…But as Gomez was preparing for another long, cold night shortly after sunset, he found salvation in his pockets. As a Blackhawk rescue helicopter made a pass overhead, he waved his iPod music player and a lighter.