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Miraculous Save! 13-Year-Old US Boy Survives 100 Feet Fall In Grand Canyon

A 13-year-old boy who apparently fell nearly 100 feet from a cliff while visiting the Grand Canyon with his family in the U.S. has unexpectedly survived. The Grand Canyon is located in the state of Arizona. According to the authorities, Wyatt Kauffman suffered nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, a collapsed lung, a concussion, a broken hand, and a dislocated finger. It was recorded before he was being taken to a hospital in Las Vegas. After he fell from a cliff on the Bright Angel Point route on a Tuesday last week, it took two hours to retrieve him.

Wyatt shares his near-death encounter

“I was up on the ledge and was moving out of the way so other people could take a picture. And I squated down and was holding on to a rock. I only had one hand on it,” Wyatt told media.

Rescue workers carried him in a basket out of the canyon after rapping down the rock in a laborious procedure. “I just remember somewhat waking up and being in the back of an ambulance and a helicopter and getting on a plane and getting here,” said the 13-year-old Kauffman.

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Boy’s family reaches the spot

Wyatt’s father, Brian Kauffman, was in the North Dakota town of Casselton when he learned of the incident. “We’re extremely grateful for the work of everyone. Two hours is an eternity in a situation like that,” Brian said.

The older Kauffman reported that his kid was released from the hospital on Saturday and would return home with his mother on Tuesday of this week. “We’re just lucky we’re bringing our kid home in a car in the front seat instead of in a box,” he added.

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The Grand Canyon

Every year, over 300 calls for assistance from heat sickness to falls are made to the search and rescue personnel at the Grand Canyon.  “I can say with great confidence that they put to use advanced medical skills in an austere environment that are rarely executed in most other places,” said Meghan Smith, the Grand Canyon national park’s preventive search and rescue supervisor.

The exposed, constrained, and steep Bright Angel Point trail, where Wyatt fell, has received warnings from park officials. Always maintain a safe distance of at least six feet from the rim, according to the advice given to visitors. Because of the beautiful vistas, it is one of the most visited sites in the Canyon.

Srishti Verma

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