A thirteen-year-old boy survived a fall from a height of almost 30 meters in the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona.
It took rescuers two hours to pull Wyatt Kaufman to safety after he fell off a cliff in the popular North Rim tourist spot on Tuesday.
He was transferred by helicopter and plane to the hospital with serious injuries, but was then released for home treatment.
Wyatt told local television that he fell after moving to avoid getting into the frame of people who were taking photos at the spot.
He crouched down and held on to a stone with one hand, which slipped out of his hand and began to fall, the boy described.
"I don't remember anything after the fall.
"I just remember waking up for a second and being in an ambulance and a helicopter and being put on a plane," Kaufman told Phoenix television station KPNX while lying in the hospital.
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He broke nine vertebrae, ruptured his spleen, fractured his hand and his lungs were failing.
Wyatt was brought to safety by members of the Grand Canyon National Park team, who descended the cliff to him, as they judged that the helicopter would not be able to land due to the unfavorable terrain.
"We're very grateful for everyone's efforts," said Brian Kaufman, Wyatt's father, who was at home in North Dakota at the time of the accident.
"We are extremely happy that the child came home to us, sitting in the front seat of the car, and not delivered to us in a coffin," he added.
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