The 13-year-old boy survived, fell from a height of 30 meters

View from the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon

A 13-year-old boy from North Dakota has survived after falling 100 feet from a ledge on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon during a family trip.

It took emergency crews two hours to rescue Wyatt Kauffman after he slipped on a cliff Tuesday and plunged nearly 100 feet.

Wyatt was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital for treatment of nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, a collapsed lung, a broken hand and a dislocated finger.

"I was up on the ledge and I was getting out of the way so other people could take a picture," Wyatt told Phoenix TV station KPNX. "I sat down and held on to a rock. I only had one hand in it.”

Park officials warn that while the Bright Angel Point trail is popular and scenic, it's also exposed, narrow and surprisingly steep. Visitors are reminded to always keep a safe distance of at least six meters from the edge of the rim./ CNA

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