Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee Patrick Frost, 35, right talks to media on Monday as his friend Christopher Gerwig, 32, left, listens in front of the Auburn sheriffs department. The San Francisco friends were airlifted to Auburn because weather conditions made it difficult to fly to Tahoe-Truckee Airport, officials said. They had medical checkups before meeting family members.

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