Yvonne Higgins remained hospitalized pneumonia Thursday. Her husband, David Higgins, and her father are on the road to take the family vehicle, which was stuck in a snowdrift near Springer, nm Family plans to return to Texas when his wife released from hospital, although it was not clear when that might be.
Rescuers had to dig through the snow and ice to free the Higginses and they 5-year-old daughter, Hannah, flagging and clung to each other.
Higgins had left the family home near the City League, Texas, on Sunday for a ski trip in the area of Taos. After the SUV stuck Monday at the U.s. Highway 412 approximately 30 miles from Clayton, n. M, David Higgins was able to keep the car running for a few hours. But when he tries to come out to clear the exhaust pipe, the door is blocked by snow. He opened the window and tried to punch through walls of snow; It’s at least 4 inches thick.
Trapped in the car, the family has a lot of water, sandwiches, crisps and snack mix. But as passed, it seems as if they are working hard to breathe in the SUV was buried.
He finally reached his brother in Texas by mobile phone and a cue that was delivered to the State police, who launched a search Tuesday evening.