Horrifying moment man plunges 100ft off the Grand Canyon 'trying to get a better view'
Niamh Shackleton
Featured Image Credit: Cyndi Pu/YouTube
The moment a man nearly lost his life after falling 100ft down the Grand Canyon was caught on camera.
In 2017, a man in his 20s climbed over the barrier at Mather Point - a popular viewing point for tourists to admire the Grand Canyon.
A woman was filming the panoramic views and documented the ordeal.
The man could be seen sitting on a ledge, with his hand on another rock as he looks out across the Canyon, branding it as 'f***ing beautiful'.
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He's also heard questioning how he'd be able to get back up when other people urged him to do so.
The video then panned to the moment the man rolled 100ft down the Canyon and, by means of a miracle, he stops just before toppling over another ledge.
Everyone's heard gasping as the man almost fell to his death, while others rushed to call 911 for help.
A video of the moment was posted in the months that followed by Cyndi Pu on YouTube.
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In her description, she said that he was 'trying to get that better view' by 'going over the guard rail at about 7,000ft'.
She continued: "While it's not illegal, you are on your own responsibility of the danger you are putting yourself in.
"He was able to see that 'f***ing beautiful' view as he said it. We all told him to come back up and all he said was 'that's gonna be the problem'.
"We all witnessed as he lost his grip and fell about 100ft. He never came back up and stayed motionless at the edge of the big drop to the bottom of the Canyon."
Cyndi went on to say that the emergency services arrived just five minutes after concerned onlookers called, but it 'took hours before they were able to rescue him'.
She further claimed that she'd received an email from Park Rangers saying the man was 'alive with very life threatening injuries'.
A comment left on Cyndi's video claiming to be the man's brother said that he 'did survive the fall', however, he spent '2 agonizing months in a coma, fighting sepsis from the infection in his 2 deflated lungs' but he luckily 'made it through'.
"His mind is still very good however his memory is a crapshoot." they added.
Law Enforcement and Emergency Services programs at Grand Canyon NPS also posted about the ordeal the day after it happened.
The authority confirmed that the man in question was rescued and taken to Flagstaff Medical Center after 'three responders were lowered to the victim and stabilized the patient'.
UNILAD has contacted Grand Canyon National Park's Public Affair's Office for comment.