Frozen Fifteen Feet from Safety: How Jean Hilliard Survived 6 Hours at -22°F | E170

This episode tells the incredible true story of 19-year-old Jean Hilliard, who in December 1980 crashed her car in rural Minnesota during a blizzard and walked two miles through -22°F weather to reach help, only to collapse just 15 feet from safety. She lay frozen solid in the snow for six hours and was found stiff as a board, yet miraculously survived with no permanent damage or amputations, baffling medical professionals who still can't fully explain how she lived through what should have been certain death.

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