# Valentine's Day Chocolate may have saved woman's life!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-chocolate-may-have-saved-womans-life/290792 "2005-02-18T21:27:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-chocolate-may-have-saved-womans-life/290792/1 "2005-02-18T21:27:24Z")

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According to the Edmonton Sun, a woman in the moutain town of Nelson, British Columbia, drove off the road into the frigid [Kootenary River on Valentine’s Day.](http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/02/18/934783-sun.html)

She was stuck in the vehicle, which was immobilized upside-down in five feet of icy water, for two hours before being rescued. Her boyfriend followed the route she had taken, and _just_ noticed the faint tire tracks going off the road and down a 30-foot bank. She was able to breathe due to a small air pocket.

She found a container of Valentine’s Day chocolate, given to her earlier by family; a firefighter who helped rescue her said that he thought the little extra calories might have helped keep her hypothermia from being fatal (although her body temp is mentioned as being 30C).

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**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-chocolate-may-have-saved-womans-life/290792/2 "2005-02-18T22:38:27Z")

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Giving chocolate to a woman can save a man’s life too! 😃

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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-chocolate-may-have-saved-womans-life/290792/3 "2005-02-19T10:28:51Z")

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I’m probably a bad person for thinking this, but I just imagined her thought process as: “Omygod! O my god I’m going to die! Help! I’m trapped! I can’t open the door! Maybe if I can find something to break a window… Ooo chocolate. Mmm.”

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-chocolate-may-have-saved-womans-life/290792/4 "2005-02-19T12:56:16Z")

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Wow! What a story!

As an aside to our American friends, Nelson BC is where the movie Roxanne (starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah) was filmed. Beautiful, beautiful little town.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-chocolate-may-have-saved-womans-life/290792/5 "2005-02-19T18:27:33Z")

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> [@WotNot](#):
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> I’m probably a bad person for thinking this, but I just imagined her thought process as: “Omygod! O my god I’m going to die! Help! I’m trapped! I can’t open the door! Maybe if I can find something to break a window… Ooo chocolate. Mmm.”

I couldn’t help but think of Homer Simpson’s “OooH!” voice. With the little finger waving motions.