Man dead after falling from Grand Canyon’s South Rim

Written by Mori Kessler
March 17, 2014

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – A Texas man is dead after falling off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Saturday, the National Park Service reported.

Around 8 a.m., Saturday, park officials were made aware that a man had fallen from the rim near the El Tovar Lodge, the NPS said in a statement.

Park rangers found the man, identified as John N. Anderson, 53, of Grapevine, Texas, and determined he had fallen 350 feet. Efforts to resuscitate Anderson proved unsuccessful.

An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the NPS in coordination with the Coconino County Medical Examiner. No further information is available at this time.

Anderson was visiting the park with his family when the accident occurred.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.

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