Current:Home > ScamsMan dies parachuting on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon-InfoLens
Man dies parachuting on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon
View Date:2024-12-23 10:44:07
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — A man died at Grand Canyon National Park after attempting the high-risk parachute leap from Yavapai Point on the South Rim, the park said Friday.
The park did not name the person who died Thursday morning because it was still awaiting positive identification and needed to notify his family.
The jump attempt had been reported to the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center. Park rangers were able to recover the man’s body about 500 feet (15.4 meters) below the rim early Friday, along with a deployed parachute.
The body was transported to the rim by helicopter and subsequently taken to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The National Park Service and the medical examiner’s office are conducting an investigation into what happened.
BASE jumping is a high-risk activity involving parachuting from fixed objects and illegal throughout Grand Canyon National Park.
veryGood! (32792)
Related
- Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had a stroke earlier this month, is expected to make full recovery
- Blinken says decisions like Iran prisoner swap are hard ones to make, amid concerns it encourages hostage-taking
- Drew Barrymore says she will pause the return of her talk show until the strike is over
- Kraft issues recall of processed American cheese slices due to potential choking hazard
- Glen Powell responds to rumor that he could replace Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible'
- After leaving bipartisan voting information group, Virginia announces new data-sharing agreements
- McDonald's faces lawsuit over scalding coffee that left woman with severe burns
- GOP state Rep. Richard Nelson withdraws from Louisiana governor’s race
- Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish
- Iran’s president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal
Ranking
- 'Wanted' posters plastered around University of Rochester target Jewish faculty members
- Man set to be executed for 1996 slaying of University of Oklahoma dance student
- An Idaho man has measles. Health officials are trying to see if the contagious disease has spread.
- Elon Musk says artificial intelligence needs a referee after tech titans meet with lawmakers
- Massachusetts lawmakers to consider a soccer stadium for the New England Revolution
- Federal appeals court reverses ruling that found Mississippi discriminated in mental health care
- Asian Games offer a few sports you may not recognize. How about kabaddi, sepaktakraw, and wushu?
- Pennsylvania’s Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees
Recommendation
-
Inside Dream Kardashian's Sporty 8th Birthday Party
-
Highway traffic pollution puts communities of color at greater health risk
-
University suspends swimming and diving program due to hazing
-
Google sued for negligence after man drove off collapsed bridge while following map directions
-
Princess Kate makes rare public appearance after completing cancer chemo
-
Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut
-
UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years
-
Republican David McCormick is expected to announce he’s entering Pennsylvania’s US Senate race