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Photo of Responders manage a high angle technical rescue system on July 31, 2024
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College student dies after 400 foot fall at Grand Canyon

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson August 2, 2024August 2, 2024

ARIZONA – A 20-year-old college student fell to his death at a South Rim overlook in Grand Canyon National Park this week.  Wednesday morning, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a visitor who fell from the rim approximately near Pipe Creek Overlook. Rangers located the body, identified as Abel Joseph Mejia […]

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