By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
Rebecca Copeland, 29, was part of a commercial rafting group and had set up camp in a slot canyon along the Colorado River.
The group left from Lees Ferry, which is near the Arizona-Utah border, and made it about 40 miles downstream before setting up their camp. On Wednesday (July 14), heavy rains caused the river to swell and sent frigid water rushing through the canyon. The campsite was washed away, leaving five people injured.
A different commercial rafting group found Copeland s body the next day, along with another person who was reported missing. That person was not hurt.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
Rebecca Copeland, 29, was part of a commercial rafting group and had set up camp in a slot canyon along the Colorado River.
The group left from Lees Ferry, which is near the Arizona-Utah border, and made it about 40 miles downstream before setting up their camp. On Wednesday (July 14), heavy rains caused the river to swell and sent frigid water rushing through the canyon. The campsite was washed away, leaving five people injured.
A different commercial rafting group found Copeland s body the next day, along with another person who was reported missing. That person was not hurt.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
Rebecca Copeland, 29, was part of a commercial rafting group and had set up camp in a slot canyon along the Colorado River.
The group left from Lees Ferry, which is near the Arizona-Utah border, and made it about 40 miles downstream before setting up their camp. On Wednesday (July 14), heavy rains caused the river to swell and sent frigid water rushing through the canyon. The campsite was washed away, leaving five people injured.
A different commercial rafting group found Copeland s body the next day, along with another person who was reported missing. That person was not hurt.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
Rebecca Copeland, 29, was part of a commercial rafting group and had set up camp in a slot canyon along the Colorado River.
The group left from Lees Ferry, which is near the Arizona-Utah border, and made it about 40 miles downstream before setting up their camp. On Wednesday (July 14), heavy rains caused the river to swell and sent frigid water rushing through the canyon. The campsite was washed away, leaving five people injured.
A different commercial rafting group found Copeland s body the next day, along with another person who was reported missing. That person was not hurt.
Tatahatso Flash Flood following a monsoon rain-July 2018 [NPS Photo/M. Jenkins]
GRAND CANYON, AZ – An Ann Arbor, Michigan woman, Rebecca Copeland, was killed and several other people were injured after they were caught up in a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park.
According to the National Park service, on July 14 at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of two individuals missing and multiple parties injured after flash flood activity impacted Tatahatso Camp near River Mile 38 on the Colorado River. Grand Canyon Search and Rescue sent two paramedics to the scene to assess and treat patients. Active monsoonal weather in the area limited access to the scene for overnight search and rescue operations.