article_snippet: Diver first came to prominence as a result of Stuart Diver's remarkable survival when Stuart Diver's was pulled out of the rubble on August 2 1997, some 65 hours after a landslide wrought havoc across Thredbo.
article_snippet: A short statement has been issued on behalf of the Diver family.
article_snippet: A short statement simply reads: 'Stuart Diver's and Stuart Diver's extended family have requested privacy and respect for Stuart Diver and his extended family loss at this time.'
article_snippet: This photograph was taken moments after Stuart Diver's was freed from the rubble on August 2, 1997, after spending 65 hours buried in the rubble.
article_snippet: Stuart Diver's pictured with paramedic Paul Featherstone (right) at Stuart Diver's retirement in 2013.  
article_snippet: Stuart Diver pictured two years after the Thredbo landslide.
article_snippet: Stuart Diver has been a much-sought after public speaker since the Thredbo tragedy, which claimed his first wife’s life and continued to work on the ski fields .
article_snippet: In Stuart Diver memoir Stuart wrote that:
article_snippet: Stuart Diver with Stuart Diver first wife, Sally (pictured).
article_snippet: Stuart Diver at the then launch of Stuart Diver remarkable tale
article_snippet: The inspirational story of the Thredbo disaster's sole survivor" Stuart wrote in Stuart Diver 2012 autobiography:
article_snippet: The final sentences of Diver’s 2012 memoir is an ode to Diver wife:
article_snippet: Diver first came to prominence as a result of retired Salvation Army Lieutenant-Colonel Don Woodland remarkable survival, pulled out of the rubble on August 2 1997, some 65 hours after a landslide wrought havoc across Thredbo .
highlights_snippet: A short statement has been issued: 'Stuart Diver's and Stuart Diver's extended family have requested privacy and respect for privacy and respect loss at Stuart Diver's Stuart Diver's was the sole survivor of the Thredbo disaster in 1997, pulled out of the rubble after 65 hours .
  