4 Japanese Tourists Trapped in Blizzard at Great Wall; 2 Dead, 1 Missing

4 Japanese Tourists Trapped in Blizzard at Great Wall; 2 Dead, 1 Missing
Nov 05, 2012 By eChinacities.com

Due to the dangerous blizzard conditions, one Chinese and four Japanese tourists became trapped in a watchtower along a section the Great Wall late in the evening on November 3. The Chinese tourist eventually managed to climb down and alert the authorities, but not before one of the Japanese tourists went missing, leaving two others dead and only one survivor.

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Keywords: Beijing blizzard Beijing snowfall Beijing snow Great Wall

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Bak2DFuture

Why did they die? How did one go missing?

Nov 07, 2012 01:44 Report Abuse