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A flash flood in the Grand Canyon left these hikers with no escape
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September 4, 2026
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1:08Now PlayingJessica Buscher, her younger sister Melanie McGuirk and their friend Katie Brink were hiking the Grand Canyon’s Rim to Rim when a torrent of water rushed toward them.
They thought they’d prepared for the reality of a flash flood, but they never imagined that they’d be trapped in what the National Park Service calls “one of the most notorious sections” of the canyon.
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