Blizzard family buried for two days

A family pulled from a sport utility vehicle that had been buried in a snowdrift for nearly two days said they feared they would not make it out alive.

Blizzard family buried for two days

A family pulled from a sport utility vehicle that had been buried in a snowdrift for nearly two days said they feared they would not make it out alive.

State police said rescuers had to dig through 4ft of ice and snow to free the Higgins family, whose red GMC Yukon got stuck on the rural highway in New Mexico when a blizzard moved through the area on Monday.

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