2 U.S. Ski Team Prospects Killed In Avalanche

Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps.

Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident near the Rettenbach glacier in the mountains over Soelden, the venue for the annual season-opening World Cup races.

Berlack, from Franconia, New Hampshire, and Astle, from Sandy, Utah, were part of a group of six skiers who were descending down the mountain when they left the prepared slope and apparently set off the avalanche. The other four skied out of the slide and escaped unhurt.

ABC’s Tom Rivers joined us to discuss:




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