Heroic husky saves skier's life

A cross country skier who broke his back in an accident on a Colorado slope was saved by his husky who kept him warm before running for help.

Leonard Somers was enjoying a back-country skiing trip with his dog, Juneau, last month when he fell and pierced his neck on the frozen roots of a dead tree.

Unable to move his arm or legs, and with snow covering him, Mr Somers could have died had it not been for his five-year-old dog.

The husky dug the snow away from his owner's face, and laid on his body to keep him warm for more than 45 minutes, before running to get help when Mr Somers heard a group of skiers passing by.

'Without Juneau here I would probably not be alive today,' Mr Somers told Fox 29.

The experienced skier dislocated his vertebra in the accident and has been left in a wheelchair since the accident on November 2.

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