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A New Hampshire native found herself stuck on a bus with her Niagara University basketball teammates in the middle of a massive snowstorm this week.Images: Eight feet of snow falls during epic stormJamie Sherburne said at first getting stranded was fun."In the beginning, when we were stuck, it was a little bit of a joke. We were kind of laughing about it," she said. "As the hours went by and we started realizing, we got reports and information about the other people being on cots in cars and babies being born. We got more scared."Uncut: Drone flies over neighborhood with five feet of snowThe Hudson resident and Niagara freshman was returning to Buffalo with her team late Monday after playing in Pittsburgh."We got stuck around 2 a.m. from a blizzard and the road was completely closed, so we couldn't move," Sherburne said.Uncut: Timelapse video shows wall of snowWith 28 people in cramped quarters on the bus, it started to get uncomfortable, but the team passed the time the best it could, she said."We tried to stay positive. You know, we sang some songs. We were laughing. We were trying to just pretty much make the best of it," Sherburne said.Thirty hours later, with the leftover pizza gone and granola bars and water running low, the team was grateful when help arrived, she said."We were rescued by the state police," Sherburne said. "They came with state police Humvees."The team is now back on its New York campus. Players are still amazed by all the snow, Sherburne said."Honestly, I've never seen anything like this. I mean, I live in New England, and this is really bad," she said.