National Parks hold certain risks of their own, especially during the summer when the heat can become deadly. However, the heat wasn't what a 13-year old North Dakota boy should have been afraid of that day.
'I Was Moving Out of the Way'
Wyatt Kauffman and his mom were visiting Grand Canyon National Park on Tuesday when the incident occurred. As a popular tourist spot and a beautiful background for an Instagram picture, people were busy not just sight seeing, but also snapping photos.
Wyatt told Phoenix television station, KPNX, "I was up on the ledge and was moving out of the way so other people could take a picture. I squatted down and was holding on to a rock. I only had one hand on it.”
That's when the teenager lost his grip, started to fall back, and plunged nearly 100 ft or 30 meters off the cliff.