Rescuer Swept Away By Avalanche: ‘I Didn’t Expect To Survive’

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – Jay Bowman has metal screws in his body, a plate in his arm, a broken leg and a head injury, but he’s alive to tell his remarkable story of survival.
Jay Bowman (credit: CBS)
Despite his search team taking what they thought were every precaution possible during a rescue mission in Routt County last week, a snow slide wound up sweeping him down a hill.
“Frankly, I didn’t expect to survive that,” Bowman told CBS4.
Bowman and his Routt County