A hiker who was rescued from Grand Canyon National Park last week is setting the record straight after officials initially said that his friends abandoned him after he was injured and continued backpacking
A hiker who was injured in Grand Canyon National Park disputed a statement from authorities that said his friends left him behind.A hiker who was rescued from Grand Canyon National Park last week is setting the record straight after officials initially claimed that his friends abandoned him after he was injured in order to continue backpacking., the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue said that they received a distress call on Friday from"someone using an Apple device.
Officials said that a group of five friends were hiking on the North Rim of the park along the Kanab Creek when one member of the group, identified as a 63-year-old man, fell and experienced a "traumatic injury to his shoulder that needed emergency medical attention and evacuation."to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
An air rescue helicopter arrived at the vicinity of the injured hiker based on the information from the Apple device and the hiker was stabilized and transported to a hospital in Flagstaff, Arizona, according to the sheriff’s office. “When asked about the other four hikers and their whereabouts, it was learned that the injury occurred around 2pm earlier in the day,” the sheriff’s office statement read. “Once contact for help using the Apple device was confirmed by the hiking group, the other four hikers left with the Apple device and continued on their backpacking adventures – leaving the injured hiker behind alone.”
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