Man tells of stranding ordeal in mountains

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An 86-year-old man described yesterday how he and his wife spent five grueling days stranded in their car in the rugged Arizona mountains during a snow storm, watching his spouse collapse to her death in the freezing cold as they tried to walk for help. Dana Davis of Albuquerque, N.M., spoke at a news conference yesterday at the hospital where is recovering and is in good condition, despite walking eight miles and spending a night under a tree after losing his wife.

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