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Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Among his injuries were nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, broken hand and a collapsed lung. [...] "We're just lucky we're bringing our kid home [to North Dakota] in a car in the front seat instead of in a box."

... I'm not sure that's the best way to transport someone who was just diagnosed with nine broken vertebrae.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

I assume he was in whatever local hospital for a while until safe to move.

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