Fourth fatality at the Grand Canyon | Cronkite News

A 70-year-old woman fell to her death Tuesday at the Grand Canyon. The fatality comes on the heels of three deaths in a recent span of eight days.
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[@ellenketut3077]

The park does enough to keep people safe. Don’t blame the park.

[@ystopgaming3757]

Blame the people too, some people are stupid and live on the edge or go to places where they have a risk of falling or getting hurt

[@lapinchechismosa]

@@ystopgaming3757 blame the people ONLY

[@doneown503]

We calls it, "getting rid of the stoopid",

[@monacaravetta]

Edina Monsoon: "Tax the stupid people"

[@grandmashadowdreamer]

Exactly

[@rbk7876]

You Just can't fix stupid. Respect the Canyon period.

[@robpridemore4350]

Yeah, it's not like the Grand Canyon moves around all shady like lol. So if the hole stays in the same spot, then the idiot must be moving toward the hole. It's like railroad tracks, they give you a pretty good idea of where the trains going to be.😂

[@rbk7876]

@@robpridemore4350 🚞🚞😉

[@l.faraday8767]

Don’t blame the park, blame stupid people. I’ve been there and I know how dangerous it is.

[@easilyscan]

Thank You

[@bottle3124]

My poop smells bad

[@user-rz8bu6vl8x]

Totally agree!

[@SylvainSybaris]

I was at the Grand Canyon for 2 weeks in 1998 and was very careful exploring around, and I remember seeing this young lady sitting at the very edge of the cliff within inches doing some sort of yuga? or meditation? and I thought that was quite risky.... I hiked to the bottom crossing the river to Phantom Ranch where I spent 7 days.... Wonderful experience, but you also have to be mindful of Rattlesnakes as I saw one near Bright Angel Trail.... The other few days was touring around the South & North rim of the canyon.

[@MH-bb4fl]

Imagine taking the journey of life for 69 years, only to have it end because you couldn't avoid a hole so big, you can see it from space.

[@MH-bb4fl]

@@noturbud8305 a fair assessment.

[@jamiewilliams7452]

😂😂 My thoughts exactly.

[@quester09]

oh well...

[@isawit9722]

Common sense is far more expensive...than a college education...fjb

[@cindyski4413]

People go over the barriers. Therefore, they are responsible for their own lives.

[@lolawhite8763]

Most of the park has no barriers. It’s massive.

[@noobovsky420]

@@lolawhite8763 and yet there shouldn’t need to be barriers because you shouldn’t want to go near a giant cliff

[@jct4418]

​@@noobovsky420 who are you to say what people should want to do. Grow up.

[@noobovsky420]

@@jct4418 lmfao grow up? Sure pal. I’ll take your internet boy advice. Turd.

[@brucej.willson4764]

​@jct4418 Okay let people do what they want. But destroying nature by building man made BS is not the solution. Humans need to be responsible for once.

[@jrperes2021]

Nancy Meyer- you are so correct! No changes, people need to take accountability

[@TheOneanjel]

Yes, let people take responsibility! Like Mark Twain said, "If you make something fool-proof, God will just make a better fool.

[@Eyewonder3210]

A sign should be put up. "Loose gravel with a drop off. Yep, you could fall. It's a long way down. Buzzards will get to your body before we do. They go for the eyes first."

[@ccwnoob4393]

Replace signs with a painted line, then a rail, then a fence, then a wall, then a safety catch net, then just fill the canyon so there's nothing to fall into, but when someone trips on a grain of sand, they'll sue because it wasn't their fault or responsibility.

[@Johnny-pp7dx]

add a sign in front of it saying hope this is not insulting to you

[@dannysunay4386]

NICE!😆😆😆

[@salamanca1954]

Lawsuits against national parks rarely succeed. You end up in federal court, and up against the federal laws that crafted the parks as wild, and dangerous places. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, but not lawsuits.

[@seth3054]

Warming: no stupid people beyond this point

[@chrissollazzo6835]

😂

[@hotpotato4027]

Y’know I think you’re right, it may be the only reality check that people will understand and think about. Am I going to be the stupid one 🤷‍♂️🤔

[@rds990]

This will continue because there is no shortage of nit-wits in this land. There are more and more each and every day. The biggest problem is we have become a nation of people who need (for some weird reason) to be noticed. We have a new "Look at me...Look at me" generation with cell phones who simply need to have others notice them.

[@vivians9392]

Or, a nation full of more people with a death wish!

[@tjhookit]

"They will become lovers of themselves"

[@jessicacabbagestalk6345]

It is still fun to watch though

[@ugiboogy1111]

boomer

[@peterdisbury6346]

Who's going to feed the Condors if they change the rules?

[@bigr5378]

Lmao

[@ohwhataday7171]

I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon 3 times, I’m sure many others hiked it more than I have. Thing is there are plenty of signs about dangers of falling & dehydration. It’s all about common sense. I was amazed each time heading down or up Bright Angel, people running down without water. Easy to walk down but going back up to the rim is slow and hard. Distance is deceiving.

[@beantea5592]

Just did bright angel and ya you could jog down but coming back is no joke

[@McGrew100]

I almost died chasing my bag of weed blowing towards the edge.

[@Jessica-bx6im]

Understandable

[@user-qk7lh4wl6e]

Man you should’ve let some roll off for the people stuck down there that survived 😂😂

[@characterovercolor6537]

Lol!

[@BxCortez2050]

Well ..weed tho ...

[@paddington3028]

I go along with that.GradeA is worth chasing.

[@donutman48]

It’s not the height that kills em it’s that damn gravity

[@billieerickson2868]

Yes, that damn canyon "floor " is hard!

[@normfreilinger5655]

The sudden stop at the bottom that kills them .

[@richardg1426]

You can't stop people who want to get the Darwin Award !

[@perfectjr84]

indeed 😶

[@waynelkduarte45]

And they won the Darwin Award

[@xmen3132]

People should be fined in the thousands for these stupid acts. After they see the fine they will jump off by themself.

[@apples8872]

I don’t agree. Let people go where they want. That’s what makes the parks so great. Vast openness and beauty but be prepared to suffer the consequences of falling off

[@wht240sxka]

This is why there is rules and fences. And the more this kinda things happen the bigger the fences and the more rules get put in place.

[@AZRealtyVids]

You can't cure stupid... I've have backpacked in the canyon 5 times. I have never once disrespected it's awesomeness and my personal insignificance in relationship to it's power to take my life. It's time to start making people personally responsible for their own actions.

[@salamanca1954]

Quite often, the responsibility takes the form of sudden death.

[@peterdisbury6346]

Yup people are careless

[@goldengirl5165]

Situational awareness is a thing, people!

[@kevinmalone3210]

Common sense would keep anyone from falling into the Grand Canyon by keeping them away from the edges of trails, rims, and out croppings, but as the old saying goes common sense isn't so common.

[@blondboozebaron]

When you go outside put on a damn helmet. That way the people recovering the scavenged meat might find something valuable if you fall correctly.

[@michael-lynn]

It's not as if they can't read the signs or instinctively know to not stand/sit on the edge of the canyon or cross the barriers, but there will always be that guy or girl or cow without sense.

[@seagulls566]

They should have a sign saying no hats!

[@2015_Rubicnn]

When will people take responsibility for their own actions? Sure, ask the park what they will do to keep people safe. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@ezmoney1896]

Another death, smh. Grand Canyon gotta be a “Ghost Town” by now.

[@davediamond496]

Fuck Me pink, staying hydrated and keeping the fuck away from the edge of the canyon, how hard can it be

[@jefftaylor5054]

The park is a natural place. This is natural selection in process.

[@bigr5378]

Apparently the park needs to have all visitors a psychiatric evaluation because the park is safe but then you have stupid people and that's what you can't fix

[@evelynpadron]

Park should not change anything, people need to be more responsible.

[@chrisalexander5900]

I wonder what’s going through the mind of someone who falls. They are on vacation,thoughts of future events,thoughts of health life is going,what they have,plans for tomorrow’s activities and so on. Then the moment of hard time reality. As the split second of the moment as they fall seeing the hight of the fall and as they fall faster by the second and as the hard ground comes closer. I just wonder what really is going through their mind as It Is all about too end. Life really is short when living on the edge. CWA

[@dannysunay4386]

Things that make me go hmmmm!

[@retrovi4128]

Was this "on the job training" day at this news station?

[@1headedsouth]

I heard they want to fill in that giant sinkhole to make it safer

[@juliansmom17]

Why blame the park? Those people can’t follow rules. 🙄

[@smch6416]

I'm very pleased to hear they don't plan to make changes. Its up to individuals to take responisbility

[@boedude8496]

and darwin lives on

[@xvsj-s2x]

Thinning the herd of its weak and stupid sustains a stronger heard 🙀

[@rock07879]

Herd

[@xvsj-s2x]

@@rock07879 Thxs 😷like I said 😂

[@will7its]

No, the weak and stupid stay in the cars...

[@veve619]

How horrific

[@ffortysix6344]

If more people are there there is going to be more accidents. Thanks genius.

[@infinitesigma6616]

Not the park. People cannot be allowed to be so freakin’ ignorant and irresponsible. It’s their choice if they wish to ignore the rules and get themselves hurt or killed. That’s it. Responsibilities, people. It’s just not that hard.

[@UltraCollagenBooster]

STAY ON THE TRAIL!!!

[@nathanmabz4146]

I live in Peoria too

[@benfolds17]

Gotta get a picture for Instagram y'all!

[@luich2275]

Been there, and some people young and old do some stupid things just because they think the people on their group are going to be impressed, and the more they tell them not to get to close the more they get closer

[@hotpotato4027]

I sure Nancy Meyers 1:09 meant to end her comment with “responsible and not so stupid"

[@EPHtheChemist]

That is literally the worst weave I’ve ever seen.

[@ageofagesworldteacher7939]

Y do people have to be told not to die!!!! WTF is wrong with people.?

[@will7its]

Start a movement....fill it in, dammit....

[@cliffordstetler2928]

You can't stop people from being stupid, and the ones that do fall do not know how not to be stupid. And it's not just in the Grand canyon

[@alangross2277]

This is the problem today..."What is THE PARK doing to keep people safe?" Maybe they should make visitors take an IQ,, Comprehension and Common Sense Tests!

[@brucej.willson4764]

Mainstream media doesn't report facts they report division and illogical predicaments.

[@shawntepitts488]

Wow

[@Worry-Panic]

I feel so bad for the people who have to put their lives at risk to rescue grown people who decided to risk their life because they don't like barriers, or they want a picture that nobody will care about but them. You aren't going to feel very cool when you're being scraped off the ground so the public doesn't have to feel grossed out when we go out to enjoy nature, behind the safety barriers.

[@conanthedestroyer7123]

We all need to focus on increasing the ANIMAL HABATAT!!!! We need to push Legislation to increase the size of federally protected land and Sea by 100x. And we need that space protected from hunters, roads, low flying aircraft, fishermen and tourists that litter and create waste. The DEVELOPERS are winning :(. every ocean has a line of houses on it, every lake and every river has houses being built on them. The natural habitats we have need to be protected on both land and sea. No fishing and netting zones need to be established. in 50 years the only way you will be able to see animals are 1. as pets, 2. in a Zoo and 3. In a small fenced off preserve. There will be no Habitat left for our grand children and the ocean will be mostly empty unless we act now. Mail your Congressmen and Senators and President.

[@hiker4life4020]

I have seen people risk their lives there. Can't fix stupid.

[@kellyabercrombie9769]

Story aside, this was like watching an 8th grade news crew

[@razenhell6514]

Stupid people should not be warned. Let them go.

[@donprather8247]

This is why we can't have nice things. Eventually, we will either have a giant net across the entire canyon to catch idiots or they will have to close the entire canyon except a 1-2 "safe" viewpoints, ruining the experience for everyone else. The lawyers will see to it.

[@abrown4green]

I was there as a teen, people are just dumb

[@davidowens5898]

These 3 TV news casters sound like they just escaped from a junior high school play. The flat tone; the flat affect; missing words, incomplete sentences. Damn. Talk about your amateur hour!

[@williambrennan7794]

Don't be an idiot, you'll be fine

[@paulbroderick8438]

If you are on a hike, without stopping, and have used half of your water then TURN BACK!!

[@bimbi1946]

No need to change any policy.

[@salviloc21]

We should eliminate gravity just inside the park .

[@dapro2524]

Fill the bottom with king sized beds

[@jimoconnor6382]

DUUUUH, WERE FRUM INDIANA AND WE DON'T HAVE SUMFIN LIKE THIS AT HOME, HOLD MY BEER

[@sammyday3341]

Have every visitor watch video clips of people falling to their death.

[@Mikedoc52]

17 deaths a year???

[@cookinitmax]

🚨1:37 there’s not a common link 🚨 I’ll say it for him stupidity that’s the common link don’t go close to edge simple.

[@32nkdhdhekqki]

No there doesn't need to be any changes people just need to start calling other people out for their stupidity I see videos of people doing stupid s*** at the Grand Canyon all the time and nobody calls these people out for it start calling them out cause I'm ruining it for everybody

[@Foxxorz]

If you fall into the grand canyon it was probably meant to be.

[@captbosco]

About 1.5 month like clockwork

[@Dubmcbogie]

Trash needs to be put in a bin....not over the edge.

[@MiCheVidallia-247]

It's your responsibility to be safe

[@creolelady182]

People dont listen- they just do what they want to do

[@bazzmcfury9550]

Ancient Indian proverb for the grand canyon -"place where they with brain of squirrel, go splat"

[@cinsationalcinema1776]

College news station?

[@jmccormick1490]

I watched a showoff teen fall off a cliff once. It's not cool.

[@madamvaudelune3298]

You can't fix stupid.

[@johnschneider4160]

Duh uh!!!

[@redtaylor2281]

Shouldn't have to explain safety,

[@waynelkduarte45]

Stupid is as Stupid does

[@IIIDaemon]

..utube continues to recommend these type videos, for instance, this one.. approx 1.5yrs old, i can only assume they Want me to comment.. so i'll try to meld a couple of them together.. I wonder how many fewer deaths there would be if KZbin and/or FaceBook would be held liable..? i mean if an ammo mfg or retailer can be held liable and sued for something someone did, or by causing the death of a person from using their product.. Why not hold utube/facebook liable for creating products of these type videos and images.. follow up.. it'll be interesting to see if utube censors this comment

[@KirkLangford-nf8bs]

Stay safe? DON'T STAND ON THE EDGE !

[@user-ez2zc8pz1t]

Челу , в здравом уме , с рождения не нужны - запреты , он и так соображает , куда соваться можно , а куда - да ну её нафиг !!!

[@normfreilinger5655]

Can’t legislate common sence

[@BxCortez2050]

They shud leave the bodies. There like the do on Everest

[@samo.4795]

Click bait

[@dreadinside654]

Doing stupid games win you stupid prizes. I always tell people about this but I was laughed at.

[@Rickman357]

Sounds like another case of someone willing to prove Newton's Law! Rip, or should I say " Fall in piece / pieces!! 😆😂✌️

[@vincentleech4178]

You just can't teach common sense, it's as simple as that

[@brucejohnstone8918]

I hope she didn't have the car keys.

[@kirklangford6267]

It's Nature's way of Culling the heard.

[@keriddunk1520]

What signs need to be changed? People are dumb

[@SteffanoDucati]

bwhahahahahhaa WHAT the hell is that on that lady reporter's head ??? !!!!

[@nikolatesla537]

i wanted to watch it. clickbait

[@geoffreyabrams4331]

Natural selection is a wonderful thing.

[@danielpos7755]

It’s all the people that are stupid enough to jump over the railings to think it’s funny enough to get a picture and then they lose their balance and they fall to their death

[@davidjohnston1942]

Gett off the edge u just wonder why they do this

[@benfolds17]

Please just fill in the canyon. We need to be kept safe. Is there a vaccine that can keep us safe too?