{"id":1947922,"date":"2023-06-15T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadliest-national-park-revealed-after-foia-based-investigation-highest-in-deaths-and-missing-persons\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T10:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:54:45","slug":"deadliest-national-park-revealed-after-foia-based-investigation-highest-in-deaths-and-missing-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadliest-national-park-revealed-after-foia-based-investigation-highest-in-deaths-and-missing-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"FOIA Investigation Uncovers Deadliest National Park &#8211; Most Fatalities and Missing Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeadliest-national-park-revealed-after-foia-based-investigation-highest-in-deaths-and-missing-persons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947922&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Grand Canyon National Park: America&#8217;s Most Dangerous Adventure<\/h2>\n<p>The most dangerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">national park<\/a> has been revealed \u2014 and it might be the best-known.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/11\/grand-canyon-national-park-ranked-the-deadliest-since-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> investigation of Department of the Interior records labeled the Grand Canyon National Park as the most dangerous of the 424 sites administered by the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p>Federal records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests indicated that 56 people have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-demand-fbi-secret-service-records-on-alleged-hunter-biden-gun-incident\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Demand FBI, Secret Service Records On Alleged Hunter Biden Gun Incident\">reported missing<\/a> in connection with a visit to the Arizona park since the start of 2018, the report Sunday said.<\/p>\n<p>An additional six people have been found dead in the massive canyon park, which covers more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grca\/learn\/management\/statistics.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.2 million acres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s common for hikers and travelers to underestimate the challenges that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/blog\/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-grand-canyon-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18-mile-wide<\/a> canyon poses to those seeking to traverse it.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue services at the park were overwhelmed with about 200 calls for emergency assistance during Memorial Day weekend in 2021 alone, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article251898098.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idaho Statesman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI\u2019ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.\u201d \u2015 Chaim Potok <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FridayFeeling?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FridayFeeling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Arizona?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Arizona<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrandCanyon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GrandCanyon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Peaceful?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Peaceful<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kXm0MvvhOC\">pic.twitter.com\/kXm0MvvhOC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrandCanyonNPS\/status\/1667162801499168768?\">June 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Unseen Dangers and Hidden Beauty<\/h3>\n<p>National Park Service search and rescue agent Ken Phillips said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tiktok-star-slapped-charges-disrespectful-action-filmed-grand-canyon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Canyon<\/a> is even more dangerous than federal records make it appear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn average, there are 12 fatalities within the canyon every year,\u201d the rescue specialist told the Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">News release-Hiker fatality near Three-Mile Resthouse along Bright Angel Trail<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7AQHlx5YFX\">https:\/\/t.co\/7AQHlx5YFX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSToIiTK06\">pic.twitter.com\/hSToIiTK06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrandCanyonNPS\/status\/1661501373614297089?\">May 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Surviving the Elements<\/h3>\n<p>Philips said peak visitation to the park during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadliest-national-park-revealed-after-foia-based-investigation-highest-in-deaths-and-missing-persons\/\" title=\"FOIA Investigation Uncovers Deadliest National Park - Most Fatalities and Missing Individuals\">sweltering summer season poses safety challenges<\/a>, with many visitors unprepared for temperatures that can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grca\/learn\/nature\/weather.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exceed 100 degrees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The dangers facing visitors range widely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose can be from everything relating to heat stroke, lightning, drownings on the river, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prominent-trump-donors-entire-family-killed-plane-crash-intercepted-f-16s-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">air crashes<\/a>, suicides, accidental falls \u2014 all types of things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-lost-grand-canyon-found-alive-enduring-freezing-weather-11-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Canyon National Park<\/a> received the second-most visits of any national park in 2022, according to the Post. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The American West is also home to some of the nation\u2019s other most dangerous national parks.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic National Park in Washington and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado took second and third place in that dark category, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Canyon is considered one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/places\/the-7-natural-wonders-of-the-world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seven Natural Wonders of the World<\/a>, a distinction shared with Australia\u2019s Great Barrier Reef and Mount Everest in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deadliest-national-park-revealed-foia-based-investigation-highest-deaths-missing-persons\/\">Deadliest National Park Revealed After FOIA-Based Investigation &#8211; Highest in Deaths and Missing Persons<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>show that the Grand Canyon National Park, despite its fame, is actually the most perilous among the 424 sites managed by the National Park Service, according to a New York Post analysis. The Department of the Interior records, obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, have unveiled this alarming revelation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1947923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[10929,21181,9507,5597,3976,10255,4107,3858,3618,15495],"class_list":["post-1947922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-deadliest","tag-fatalities","tag-foia","tag-individuals","tag-investigation","tag-missing","tag-national","tag-park","tag-riot","tag-uncovers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}