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Authorities to resume searching for hikers
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | No comments posted.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — A handful of hikers remained unaccounted for after flooding struck a tiny village near the Grand Canyon rim, a community so remote it is the only one in America where the mail is delivered by mule.
The search was to resume today for about 11 people missing near the Havasupai Tribe’s village of Supai, said Gerry Blair, a spokesman for the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department. He said it’s possible those people might have already left, but authorities would assume they were still in the canyon until that could be determined.
The 11 hikers either were swept downstream or simply left the area on Saturday evening and don’t know they’re considered to be missing, Chris English, a Bureau of Indian Affairs spokesman, told The Arizona Republic.
“We still don’t have any reports of fatalities,” English said.
Helicopters on Monday took turns ferrying 85 people out of Supai, about 2,300 feet below the Grand Canyon rim. Rescuers transported another 170 people out of Supai Canyon on Sunday.
The search was to resume today for about 11 people missing near the Havasupai Tribe’s village of Supai, said Gerry Blair, a spokesman for the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department. He said it’s possible those people might have already left, but authorities would assume they were still in the canyon until that could be determined.
The 11 hikers either were swept downstream or simply left the area on Saturday evening and don’t know they’re considered to be missing, Chris English, a Bureau of Indian Affairs spokesman, told The Arizona Republic.
“We still don’t have any reports of fatalities,” English said.
Helicopters on Monday took turns ferrying 85 people out of Supai, about 2,300 feet below the Grand Canyon rim. Rescuers transported another 170 people out of Supai Canyon on Sunday.
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