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Friends and relatives wait for a helicopter carrying Frederick Dominguez and his three children to land at Stirling City, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. The Dominguez family vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains and were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy snow.
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Joshua Dominguez, second from left, and Alexis Dominguez, third from left, are helped by authorities after they were flown by helicopter to Stirling City, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. The Dominguez family vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains and were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy snow.
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Alexis Dominguez, center, is aided by Butte County Sheriff Perry Reniff, left, as she exits a helicopter with the rest of her family in Stirling City, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
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Joshua Dominguez, 12, center, is offered a blanket after he and his sister were flown by helicopter to Stirling City, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. The Dominguez family vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains and were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy snow.
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Frederick Dominguez moves in front of a television camera as he and his three children emerge from a helicopter in Stirling City, Calif. on Wed., Dec. 19, 2007. Dominguez and his three children had been missing since heading into the mountains over the weekend to cut a Christmas tree. They were found Wednesday, providing a Christmas miracle just as another storm was bearing down.
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At her home in Paradise, Calif. Lisa Sams, left, reacts to a call informing her that her missing family members were found safe, hugged by her daughter Jenna Sams and sister-in-law Tina Stothers, right, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. Her former husband and three children who vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday.
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Christopher Dominguez, 18, smiles while being wheeled through a crowd of reporters after being discharged from Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. Christopher, his sister Alexis, 15, and brother Joshua, 12, became lost in the forest with their father Frederick Dominguez after a snow storm hit while they were looking for a Christmas tree.
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Joshua Dominguez, 12, gets wheeled passed reporters after being discharged from Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
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Frederick Dominguez smiles while talking to reporters about the rescue of his family during a news conference at Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.