Grand Canyon Crews Search for 1 Missing Hiker More Than a Week After Flash Flood
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 9
Grand Canyon Crews Search for 1 Missing Hiker More Than a Week After Flash Flood
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 9
Summary
More than a week after a Grand Canyon flash flood, search teams are still combing the Colorado River and the park for Timothy Smith, the last person still missing.
Smith, a father of three from Granbury, Texas, was hiking with two friends when the flood hit; both friends' bodies have already been recovered.
Carrie Smith said Tuesday that rescuers are working "long, hard, hot days" as the family waits for news; her husband had been due home Wednesday, when they expected to celebrate his birthday.
Three women who survived the crossing believe they saw Smith's group of three men just before entering the canyon's narrowest, deepest stretch, where they said there were no escape routes or high ground.