Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo

A 13-year-old lad has survived aft slipping and falling astir 100ft (30m) astatine the Grand Canyon successful the US authorities of Arizona.

It took rescue crews 2 hours to propulsion Wyatt Kauffman to information connected Tuesday aft falling disconnected a ledge astatine the fashionable tourer site's North Rim.

He was flown to infirmary with superior injuries but has since been discharged.

Wyatt told a section tv presumption helium had fallen portion moving retired of the mode truthful radical could instrumentality pictures.

He said helium had been squatting down and holding onto a stone with 1 manus erstwhile helium mislaid his grip and started to autumn back.

"After the fall, I don't retrieve thing aft that," helium told Phoenix tv presumption KPNX portion successful hospital.

"I conscionable retrieve somewhat waking up and being successful the backmost of an ambulance and a chopper and getting connected a level and getting here."

Among his injuries were 9 breached vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, breached manus and a collapsed lung.

Dozens of exigency workers were progressive successful the rescue. Wyatt was pulled to information by a squad from the Grand Canyon National Park, who rappelled down a cliff aft deciding a chopper rescue would not beryllium imaginable owed to the terrain.

"We're highly grateful for the enactment of everyone," said Wyatt's father, Brian Kauffman, who was location successful North Dakota astatine the clip of the accident.

"We're conscionable fortunate we're bringing our kid location successful a car successful the beforehand spot alternatively of successful a box."

Wyatt had been astatine the Grand Canyon connected travel with different members of his family, who told KPNX they intended to instrumentality a roadworthy travel location to regenerate the memories of the fall.