New Yorker fell from the wall of the Grand Canyon and survived

An accident occurred in Yellowstone National Park when a 71-year-old man from New York wanted to take a photo of the sign but fell into a crevasse in the Grand Canyon, park officials said.

The name of the person is not called. It is known that he fell backwards on a stone barrier, collapsing from a steep wall 8 meters in height. His further fall into the canyon was stopped by a successful fall posture on a barrier at the edge of the abyss. One of the witnesses to the accident ran into the parking lot to call 911. Two rangers rescued a fallen photographer with a network of ropes. In order to get the elderly New Yorker out of the cliff, the rescue operation was performed by 10 park employees.

Rangers say that the victim is "extremely lucky." A good angle of the body during the fall helped the pensioner to stop at the edge of the wall, which leads to the canyon to a depth of 60 meters. In addition, if he had collapsed a little to the left, the victim would have died from hitting the stones. The man was diagnosed with a hip injury, but in general he was not seriously injured.