Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Jan 2, 2026 (AFP) - 'Mom, Happy New Year, I love you': a mother's search for her son after Swiss blaze

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2026-01-02

The last message Laetitia Brodard received from her son Arthur came just minutes into 2026, as he was celebrating New Year's Eve with friends in the Swiss ski resort town Crans-Montana. The message that pinged on her phone at 12:03 am read "Mom, Happy New Year, I love you". "I replied to him: 'I love you, my big boy'," she said, adding that at 1:28 am, she "found a short video he had sent to his friends, showing the whole table together, celebrat......

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