NPS Investigates 23-Year-Old Swept Over Yosemite's 600-Foot Nevada Fall
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
NPS Investigates 23-Year-Old Swept Over Yosemite's 600-Foot Nevada Fall
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Summary
Search and recovery crews responded after reports that a 23-year-old man went over Nevada Fall in Yosemite on June 20, with the National Park Service saying the incident remains under investigation.
Witness accounts posted online said the man was swept away while trying to help a woman caught in the current; she was pulled to safety with a branch, but he could not grab hold.
A helicopter searched below the falls about an hour later, and Yosemite Search and Rescue personnel then moved into the area with equipment.
Nevada Fall is a notoriously hazardous site, with slick granite, fast-moving water and a roughly 600-foot drop that visitors said leaves little chance of survival.