Five tourists were stuck 200 feet underground in Grand Canyon Caverns on Monday, about 24 hours after the elevator they took into the cave on Sunday broke down.
was determining whether they would need to hoist the tourists out through the elevator shaft on Monday.
"We have this thing – it's like a lift, and we would basically lift them up the elevator shaft in a harness, something like you see come out of a helicopter in the ocean, something to that effect," Jon Paxton, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, told Fox News Digital on Monday. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
There are 20 flights of stairs that people can take to get out of the caverns, but the tourists who are stuck have medical conditions preventing them from climbing out, Paxton said. Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to
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