Whiteface Mountain

I'm alive and breathing and...

Well, the big question police are asking tonight is still simply how 49-year-old Konstantinos Danny Filippidis wound up missing here at Whiteface Mountain and turned up alive nearly 3,000 miles away six days later in Sacramento, California.

Amanda Eller, a physical therapist who was lost on a hike in Maui, telling her story tonight for the first time since she was found after going missing for 17 days.

Um, I haven't even had time to think or integrate or figure out really what the heck happened in there.

Is it just a coincidence that this man, who had all of the same bizarre and seemingly random symptoms as so many of the other cases we've talked about here, was miraculously able to return from the dead after 45 minutes? That's not even supposed to be possible.

What is really going on here? Danny Filippides.

On February 7th, 2018, Danny Filippides ventured from his home in Toronto, Canada to the Whiteface Mountains of New York for a seemingly typical ski trip with some coworkers.

The 49-year-old firefighter went missing on the mountain when he separated from the group to go to his car and retrieve his cellphone, which he had initially forgotten to bring with him.

I'm alive and breathing and.

Well, the big question police are asking tonight is still simply how 49 year old Constantinos Danny Filipides wound up missing here at Whiteface Mountain and turned up alive nearly 3000 miles away six days later in Sacramento, CA.

Amanda Eller, a physical therapist who was lost on a hike in Maui, telling her story tonight for the first time since she was found after going missing for 17 days.

I haven't even had time to think or integrate or figure out really what the heck happened in there.

Although he remained unconscious for two days after his heart started beating again, Michael did wake up and come back to life suffering some frostbite and bruises and scratches, all which will heal.

Is it just a coincidence that this man, who had all of the same bizarre and seemingly random symptoms as so many of the other cases we've talked about here, was miraculously able to return from the dead after 45 minutes? That's not even supposed to be possible.

What is really going on here? Danny Filippides On February 7th, 2018, Danny Filippides ventured from his home in Toronto, Canada to the Whiteface Mountains of New York for a seemingly typical ski trip with some co-workers.

The 49-year-old firefighter went missing on the mountain when he separated from the group to go to his car and retrieve his cell phone, which he had initially forgotten to bring with him.

The Olympic Regional Development Authority has also made major investments to upgrade its winter sports facilities since 2018.

Earlier this year, Whiteface Mountain installed 76 new high-efficiency snow guns to help when natural snow conditions are bad.

Gore, Whiteface, and Bel Air all saw an over 5% increase in past sales this past season.

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Yeah, and we saw Whiteface Mountain, and we were up in Plattsburgh.

These are parts that, as a downstater, I knew nothing about.

I was so embarrassed that I knew nothing about this part of New York State.

So the way that they make up for that pay gap is they end up working a lot of overtime, like six, seven, 800 hours of overtime every year.

And that's often also not by choice, right? Like they're called, they finish their day at four or five or six o'clock at night and then They get a call at 7 o'clock at night that someone is, you know, on Whiteface or on Cascade and needs to get hoisted off a summit or has lost the trail.

And, you know, these guys and gals are really pushed to the limits, especially on, you know, holiday weekends and throughout the summer.

I

Um, it...

I saw that Whiteface Mountain put up that it was snowing the day after, uh, up on the top, very top.

Oh, is it?

So above, above the start, but-

Yes.

Already a little bit on the top of Whiteface.

I think they got a little bit up there.

Yes.

All the high peaks.

Yeah.

I saw a lot of Whiteface pictures.

Some of the other high peaks, you know, across the Northeast have gotten that dusting.