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TIL during the Blizzard of ’93, 116 students and teachers from a Michigan high school were stranded in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee for three nights when the blizzard dumped 5 feet of snow on them. All survived and were rescued after waving down a National Guard helicopter.

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TIL during the Blizzard of ’93, 116 students and teachers from a Michigan high school were stranded in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee for three nights when the blizzard dumped 5 feet of snow on them. All survived and were rescued after waving down a National Guard helicopter.

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