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PARADISE, Calif. - Under glowering skies, the Dominguez family set out Sunday afternoon to find the perfect Christmas tree. A couple of hours after church, darkness would fall - but they knew this spot in the mountains, just a half-hour away, where the woods were thick and a million perfect Christmas trees beckoned just off the road.
After three nights of snowstorms and subfreezing temperatures, they were rescued Wednesday when a California Highway Patrol helicopter pilot saw "HELP" spelled out in tree branches on the snow.See the full content of this document
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Helicopter's Last Pass Saves Family
The family's search for the perfect Christmas tree had ended, but their hopes for the perfect Christmas - which is to say, any Christmas - came alive.
"It was just a relief," said the father, 38-year-old Frederick Dominguez, a Los Angeles native who hadn't been in the snow since...See the full content of this document
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