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NEIGHBORS FOR SAVING THEM.
A WALL BURIED A HOME AND THREE
WERE BURIED IN THE SNOW.
>> Reporter: WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME.
AFTER AN AVALANCHE SWALLOWED UP
AN ENTIRE HOUSE IN THE
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF
MISSOULA, NONE MONDAY
>> MY NEIGHBOR HEARD IT ON THE
NEWS.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO COME
OUT AND SEE IF PEOPLE NEEDED
HELP AND SO I JUMPED IN WITH
HER.
>> Reporter: 50 EMERGENCY
WORKERS, RESCUERS AND NEIGHBORS
GRABBED WHAT THEY COULD AND
STARTED DIGGING.
SEARCHING FOR AN ELDERLY COUPLE
AND 8-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WERE
BURIED BY THE DENSELY PACKED
SNOW
>> IT WAS SCARIER THAN HECK
BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD SOMEONE
MIGHT BE IN THERE.
I WAS TRYING TO HELP OTHER
PEOPLE AND GET EVACUATED AND WE
STARTED SMELLING THE GAS
>> A COP SAID, IF YOU HAVE A
SHOVEL, RUN UP THE STREET.
>> Reporter: IT'S AT THE FOOT OF
MT. JUMBO AND CONDITIONS RIGHT
FOR AN AVALANCHE.
FINALLY AFTER MORE THAN THREE
HOURS, THE HARD WORK PAID OFF.
FIREFIGHTERS AND RESIDENTS FOUND
THE THREE ALIVE.
>> THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT
THIS COMMUNITY, IS EVERYONE IS
SO WILLING TO HELP EVERYONE IN
ANY SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IN