Local resort manager Greg Shean said the rescuer whacked the crocodile with a tree branch until it let go and disappeared into the water.

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" Says Mohit Bhargava, general manager of the Retreat resort hotel: "Women friends of mine have stopped wearing expensive jewelry.

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The main lodge manager at Heavenly Ski Resort, Stan Miller, told The Associated Press that Bono was skiing alone at the top of the Orion slope when he crossed beneath a chairlift and hit a tree.

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