MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. Memorial services were held for three Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers who died last week when they fell into a volcanic gas vent.
Hundreds of people crammed conference rooms at Mammoth yesterday for the 1.5 hour service honoring 37-year-old John "Scott" McAndrews, 35-year-old James Juarez and 58-year-old Charles Walter Rosenthal. Most of the resort's nearly 70 ski patrollers attended the memorial.
Authorities said McAndrews and Juarez were trying to reinforce a fence around the natural hazard when the deep snow, warmed by hot gas, collapsed and they fell into the hole.
Rosenthal died while trying to help his comrades.
Meanwhile, seven other ski patrol members who were injured trying to rescue the victims have been released from hospitals.
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