August 14, 2023 - 9:49am | By Ty Schonert
(Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona) -- A 13-year-old North Dakota boy survived a fall of nearly 100 feet at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Wyatt Kauffman of Casselton slipped on a cliff Tuesday and fell from the walking area. It took emergency crews two hours to rescue him. He was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital to treat nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, a collapsed lung, a concussion, a broken hand, and dislocated finger.
Wyatt told Phoenix TV station KPNX he was trying to move out of the way so others could take a picture when he slipped. Rescue crews had to rappel down the cliff and get him out of the canyon in a basket.
Wyatt has been released from the hospital and is headed home.
