Miracle on the Mountain: A True Tale of Faith and Survival

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It was a cold but sunny day in January 1995 when Mike Couillard, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force on assignment in Ankara, Turkey, took his son Matthew skiing. The view of the 7,300-foot-high Kfartalkaya Mountain was breathtaking—magnificent peaks against a bright blue sky, wisps of clouds—nothing threatening. They headed for the T-bar that would take them to the summit.

It was about 2:30 when they reached the top, and although it had started to snow, they still had time to ski. Mike made note of his surroundings and decided to use the overhead line of the lift as a guide. They kept the line in sight as they glided downward, but moment by moment, the snow's intensity ...

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It was a cold but sunny day in January 1995 when Mike Couillard, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force on assignment in Ankara, Turkey, took his son Matthew skiing. The view of the 7,300-foot-high Kfartalkaya Mountain was breathtaking—magnificent peaks against a bright blue sky, wisps of clouds—nothing threatening. They headed for the T-bar that would take them to the summit.

It was about 2:30 when they reached the top, and although it had started to snow, they still had time to ski. Mike made note of his surroundings and decided to use the overhead line of the lift as a guide. They kept the line in sight as they glided downward, but moment by moment, the snow's intensity increased. Ice pellets stung their faces. Visibility decreased. Hidden rocks sent them plunging into the snow. Dense stands of pine trees loomed in front of them, forcing them to go right, then left, and off the trail. Desperately, they looked for the lift line— or anything familiar. They saw nothing but white. They were lost...

Caught in a blizzard, a father and son fight for their lives.

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Three years ago, when U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel Mike Couillard and his 10-year-old son, Matthew, skied into a blizzard atop Kartalkaya Mountain in Turkey (where Couillard was stationed), they plunged themselves and their family into an extreme test of their faith in God, and were forced to the limits of human endurance. This account of the crisis shuttles from Couillard's intense narrative of being stranded, to his wife's prayer-filled vigil at their home in Ankara, to details of the extensive search efforts organized by both the Turkish and American governments. As frostbite and starvation threaten the lost pair and hope diminishes in every quarter, tension mounts, despite a certain sketchiness in the coverage of the stranded skiers (little is mentioned of the hunger they must have felt, for example). But the narrative (and the reader) make it through the rough spots to celebrate the strength and intelligence of Couillard and his son, as well as that of the courageous men who continued to search for them despite sinking hopes and terrible odds. This adventure tale with a spiritual spin seems just right for a TV movie. (Apr.)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780380973927
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 4/1/1998
  • Edition description: 1 ED
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Lexile: 960L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.78 (w) x 8.62 (h) x 0.92 (d)

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Lieutenant Colonel Michael Couillard is a C-130 pilot for the U.S. Air Force. In 1993 he was assigned to the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), based in Ankara, Turkey, where he became chief of operations. ODC's primary mission was to assist in modernizing the Turkish military. A secondary mission was coordinating US military operations in country with the Turkish General Staff. Number One among these was Operation Provide Comfort, a program to give air cover to the Kurds in northern Iraq and to police the "No-Fly Zone" against the intrusion of Iraqi aircraft Mike's job was extremely taxing.

Mary Couillard has a master's degree in counseling, but was not practicing at the time of the Turkish assignment; nevertheless, her life as a military wife was extremely busy. Utilizing textbooks rented from a Roman Catholic homeschooling company, she taught the couple's three children—Mark, thirteen; Matthew, ten; and Marissa, eight—in their apartment in Ankara. She also helped to organize and manage the Ankara Youth Sports League, which brought together children from various military and diplomatic families, as well as youngsters from other countries who displayed an interest in sports; basketball was her specialty. She was also a leader of Marissa's Brownie troop.

All of the Couillard's were very involved in church activities. Together, Mike and Mary had started a small prayer group—a handful of people met in the church basement on Wednesday evenings to sing songs of praise and to pray together. With the help of an Air Force co-worker, Major Wanda Villers, the Couillards initiated a religious/folk music choir. Mike and Wanda played guitar, and various other instrumentalistsaugmented the choir. The fast-growing group soon included about a dozen vocalists who practiced every Saturday morning at the Couillards' apartment. Mary joined Mike and Wanda in the Ambassador's Choir, so named because it was led by the Slovakian ambassador to Turkey. Although the choir was some what secular in organization, it took on a semireligious orientation; practices were held in the church basement, the music tended to be classical and traditionally religious, and performances were almost always held in the church—such as the annual Easter and Christmas recitals. All of the children worked as altar servers during Sunday Mass. Most recently the family had helped to orchestrate a Christmas special with music and a small play. Their involvement in these and other activities had made them known to practically the entire Christian community in Ankara.

When Mike learned of a Sunday outing to a ski resort near Bolu, Turkey, sponsored by the Australian Embassy, he thought it would be a great opportunity for the entire family to spend the day together. Skiing was an activity they had all shared many times. But Mary had volunteered to coach a basketball clinic that day, so she decided to remain behind in Ankara with Marissa. It would be "Boys' Day Out.' Mike would treat Mark and Matthew to a day of fun on the slopes. Mary even decided to skip Mass, a rare lapse that always gnawed at her conscience.

The evening before the outing, Matthew took his mother aside and confided, "I don't know if I really want to go on this skiing trip."

"Why don't you want to go?"

He spoke softly. "It's cold and I haven't skied at all this year. What if I get hurt?"

"Oh, Matthew," Mary chided, "this is just going to be a fun day. Mark will ski with his friends. You and Dad will have a good time together."

Copyright ) 1998 by Mike and Mary Couillard

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