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Body found in Grand Canyon was missing hiker, wife says, bringing flood death toll to 3
The discovery closed a three-person search after flash floods swept the Phantom Ranch area and damaged the South Rim water pipeline, officials said.
- On Thursday, Carrie Smith confirmed that remains found Monday near Crystal Rapids were those of her husband, pilot Timothy Allen Smith, ending a three-week search following late August flash floods.
- Smith, a 53-year-old pilot from Star Valley, Wyoming, was hiking with companions Brent Rosenkranz and John Giusti when flooding swept through the canyon on August 29, claiming all three lives.
- During the two-day deluge, searchers rescued more than 80 people as torrents devastated the Phantom Ranch area and damaged the water pipeline serving the South Rim.
- Carrie Smith wrote on Facebook that her family no longer has to wait, adding, "Tim was found two days ago by the Rangers," while acknowledging the men were doing something they loved.
- National Park Service officials recently determined that the near-complete pipeline project sustained minimal damage and expect to restore a reliable water supply to the canyon in weeks, not months.
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Body of last Grand Canyon hiker missing in deadly flooding found, wife says: "We no longer have to wait"
Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week have been identified as Timothy Allen Smith, the last person missing after deadly flash flooding in late August.
·New York, United States
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The body of the third mountaineer killed in flash floods at the end of August was found in GRAND Canyon. This confirmed the death of the three friends, and the search was over.
·Zagreb, Croatia
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Timothy Allen Smith’s heartbroken wife confirms hiker’s remains found in Grand Canyon weeks after vanishing in flash floods
The grieving wife of missing hiker Timothy Allen Smith confirmed that human remains recovered in the Grand Canyon earlier this week belong to her husband.
·New York, United States
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