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Michigan Man Falls 300 Feet, Rangers Say
POSTED: 7:21 am MST February 17,
2008
UPDATED: 3:00 pm MST February 18,
2008
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- The body of a man believed to have fallen off the edge of the Grand Canyon has been recovered from approximately 300 feet below the rim at an undeveloped view point on the South Rim.National Park Rangers identified the victim as Mihaly Szabo, 44, of Ypsilanti, Mich.Rangers said they first noted what appeared to be an unattended vehicle in the Buggeln picnic area on Wednesday afternoon.Investigators said they determined that the car was a rental and had recently been abandoned.
A ground search began on Friday. A chair, camera and other personal items believed to belong to the driver of the vehicle were located near a picnic area, according to the rangers.Searchers reported conditions at the rim as very icy in the area.A technical search team was deployed and found Szabo's body about 300 feet below the rim, rangers said.Due to oncoming darkness, the body was stabilized and plans were made to retrieve the body in the morning.A helicopter rescue team recovered the body late Saturday morning.The body has been taken to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office in Flagstaff where an autopsy is pending.In early October, a 4-year-old girl became the youngest person ever to fall from the canyon's rim and die.IMAGES: 8/23/07 - Viewer-Submitted Photos The girl fell near Mather Point and her father immediately scrambled down the cliffs to reach her. The child's body was recovered from a spot about 400 to 500 feet below the rim.Fifty-three people accidentally fell to their deaths from the canyon rims between 1925 and 2005, according to Michael Ghiglieri and Thomas Myers, authors of Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon.Some areas at the rim are not protected by railings.The majority of the deaths in the canyon are cardiac-arrest related due to exertions from hiking, according to the park's emergency services personnel.ELSEWHERE ON KPHO.COM: More than half of the calls made to gambling hotlines in Arizona and elsewhere come from women -- more than double the number just two decades ago when only 20 percent of the calls were from females. CLICK HERE for details. MORE SLIDESHOWS: From the bizarre to the tragic to late-breaking news, visit the KPHO.com slideshow section and click away! CLICK HERE for images.
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