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Christmas Miracle Rescued by Strangers in Iowa Snow
A stranded driver recounts a Christmas Eve rescue after a winter crash on a snowy Iowa road December 28 2007. Schmidt stopped to help, others joined, an ambulance took the writer to Mercy Hospital Oelwein and Deb Hamilton and her husband then guided the traveler to La Crosse and finally to St Paul where a candlelit Christmas feast awaited.
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Schmidt
Iowa
Schrmidt
Strawberry Point
Chris Palmershein
Roland Vans
Palmersheim
Manchester
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Evans
Hamilton
Bob
la Crosse
Wis
St. Paul
San Diego
Hamiltons
Mississippi River
Deb Hamilton
Chicago Tribune
Dan Simmons
Stanley