North Dakota Teen Survives Nearly 100-Foot Fall at North Rim of Grand Canyon

North Dakota Teen Survives Nearly 100-Foot Fall at North Rim of Grand Canyon
A view from the North Rim of Grand Canyon in a file photo. Bill Cox/Epoch Times
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.—A 13-year-old North Dakota boy has survived a fall of nearly 100 feet at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon during a family trip.

Authorities said it took emergency crews two hours to rescue Wyatt Kauffman after he slipped on a cliff Tuesday and plunged nearly 100 feet at the Bright Angel Point trail.