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A man fell 4,000 feet to his death from a popular tourist attraction walkway in the Grand Canyon, according to authorities in Arizona.

33-year-old man fell 4,000 feet to his death from the Grand Canyon skywalk in Arizona

33-year-old man fell 4,000 feet to his death from the Grand Canyon skywalk in Arizon

After more than 26 hours, five people trapped about 200 feet underground at the Grand Canyon Caverns in Peach Springs, Arizona, have been rescued, officials said.

Rescued: 5 tourists trapped about 200 feet underground at Arizona's Grand Canyon Caverns

After more than 26 hours, all those stuck underground in a cave at the Grand Canyon Caverns have been rescued after an elevator stopped working on Sunday.


This is the moment. Cherie Jimenez was finally pulled out of the Grand Canyon caverns nearly 30 hours after she went down there, they did everything So professionally, so safe. The search and rescue team from Coconino County trying to comfort the family members on the way up. Each taking about 25 minutes. You're kind of in a reclined position in a mesh seat and I had gloves on. And there was a metal, probably four or five metal cables going down the middle of the shaft. This started out as a 45 minute tour for the family of eight on Sunday afternoon. But they say things turned chaotic after The elevator they went down and broke. The family tells us. Staff urged them to walk up the 21 flights of stairs to get out. But the stairs are fire escape style, narrow and steep. There was no protection from anybody slipping and falling into the shaft of that elevator. The cavern has a suite at the bottom, an area that the family was offered to stay in which had water. But Sherry's daughter in law, Felicia had her two babies with her. I ran out of diapers for both of them and I ran out of formula. So we were like, you have to let somebody go. That's when Felicia's husband, Michael went up and called for help after noticing nothing was being done on the elevator. Peach Springs Fire Department eventually came to the rescue. Right when he got down there, I said immediately, I need to ask you this question, Did you get a call earlier. And did you guys say that you refused? And he was like, I've been working all day since this morning for many. The stairs were not an option, since they have various disabilities and health conditions. Before going on the tour, they say they made sure it was handicap accessible, should definitely be advanced by now. You have nothing for somebody in a wheelchair to get out. The family says they won't be going down into a cavern ever again.

5 rescued after being trapped in elevator 200 feet below ground

A bison herd will not be targeted for lethal removal from the Grand Canyon National Park.

Bison herd won't be targeted for removal from Grand Canyon National Park

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Residents living and working in Grand Canyon National Park are calling on the federal government to shut the park down due to an influx of visitors amid the coronavirus outbreak.

gates are still open People are still cruising through Colin Smith and his wife live inside Grand Canyon National Park Smith says there are fewer people visiting these days but still plenty enough to cause concern The viewpoints are still open There's still lots of people Social distancing is definitely not practice The pullout points are loaded The campgrounds people are trying to get in there They're camping outside the gate The park has modified operations shutting down hotels and visitor centers But RV campers and day visitors are still welcome And the park has just one small general store I mean just the other day we had a tour best there Why is there even a tour bus here Compared out was a week ago There is a noticeable decline in and what's available national parks coast to coast of modified operations Some like Joshua Tree and Eastern California are closed to all vehicle traffic Yellowstone and Grand Teton have shut down completely many who live in Grand Canyon or hoping for the same We are so susceptible We have people coming here every day from some of the most infected states There's bound to be a couple people that are infected that don't even know it And they go to the store They touch a couple things Breathe on a couple people and you the whole community is ah at an extra risk On top of that concern Smith has diabetes and high blood pressure to increased risk factors for his potential exposure to Cove it 19 Somebody gets sick and needs an ambulance You could be taking out 1/3 to 1/2 off The medical resource is available at a given time here  Mitch Car 12 News

Grand Canyon Coverage

33-year-old man fell 4,000 feet to his death from the Grand Canyon skywalk in Arizona

Rescued: 5 tourists trapped about 200 feet underground at Arizona's Grand Canyon Caverns

5 rescued after being trapped in elevator 200 feet below ground

Bison herd won't be targeted for removal from Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon crowds raise coronavirus fears