When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the
mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her
two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick
on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it
grew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it,
covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got
terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even
tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning
she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.
Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.
Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest
town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the
survivors of the plane crash.&