article_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael ChurtonNew York, was with four colleagues at the base camp, 17,500ft above sea level, when A filmmaker was knocked down by the tsunami of snow.
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article_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael ChurtonNew York, was with four colleagues at the Mount Everest base camp, 17,500ft up, when Filmmaker Michael Churton was knocked down by the tsunami of snow.
article_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael Churton was knocked back and suffered facial injuries .
article_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael Churton described how Filmmaker Michael Churton told a group of people he was to get down just before the snow devastated the base camp (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael Churton said: 'I told a group of people he was to get down.
article_snippet.sent: As the wall of snow approached, Filmmaker Michael Churton got into the fetal position and hoped for the best.
article_snippet.sent: The force hitting Filmmaker Michael Churton body knocked Filmmaker Michael Churton into a rock, leaving Filmmaker Michael Churton with some facial injuries.
article_snippet.sent: After the mountains of snow had passed, Filmmaker Michael Churton managed to dig Filmmaker Michael Churton out and began searching for colleagues.
article_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael Churton eventually made Filmmaker Michael Churton way down from the mountain and was greeted by fellow survivors at a domestic airport in Kathmandu.
highlights_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael Churton said Filmmaker Michael Churton watched as the wall of ice approached .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 38-year-old from New York then told Filmmaker Michael Churton group to get down .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The force of the oncoming snow caused Filmmaker Michael Churton to slam into a rock .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Filmmaker Michael Churton dug Filmmaker Michael Churton out and then looked for colleagues and other survivors .
  