Girl killed in Grand Canyon plunge
A four-year-old US girl was killed when she slipped off the edge of the Grand Canyon and fell several hundred feet.
The girl’s father immediately scrambled down the cliffs and started mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with the help of a park ranger who rappelled into the canyon, National Park Service spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge said.
The child’s body was 400 to 500 feet below the rim, Oltrogge said.
The area where she fell is a combination of sheer drops of 30 to 50 feet, then slopes leading to more drop-offs.
The girl is from Arizona, but her name and hometown weren’t immediately released.
