Firefighter Thought to Be Missing in New York Calls Wife From California

A bizarre search and rescue operation for a Toronto firefighter on a ski trip in New York ended in the unlikeliest of outcomes when he called his wife from Sacramento, California on Feb. 13.

(Clockwise from L-R): Missing skier Constantinos “Danny” Filippidis (New York State Police), approximately 2,900 miles from Lake Placid, New York to Sacramento, Calif. (Google), file photo of Whiteface mountain Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

A bizarre six-day search and rescue operation for a Toronto firefighter on a ski trip in New York ended in the unlikeliest of outcomes when the missing person called his wife from Sacramento, California on Feb. 13.

Constantinos “Danny” Filippidis was on a ski trip with fellow firefighters when he went missing in Lake Placid, New York on Feb. 7. The extensive search uncovered nothing.

It is still not clear how Filippidis got to California from New York, although it is unlikely that he flew, according to Frank Ramagnano, president of the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association.