Pennsylvania: Don Smith saw the boots first, just the toes, peeking out from a drift of snow along the side of the empty road. He brought his car to a stop, clambered out into the early morning chill and peered through the half-light, searching for a sign of his son. "I looked over and there was Justin laying there," Smith recalled Monday to Pennsylvania TV station WNEP. His voice was tight at the memory of it. "He was blue. His face - he was lifeless. I checked for a pulse. I checked for a heartbeat. There was nothing." The 25-year-old had been lying in the cold for nearly 12 hours. It was 5 degrees below zero, and snowing. When emergency personnel arrived, they...
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