Two people died at the Grand Canyon in a two-day span – we're learning a bit more about one of them as his family mourns his death.
Two people died at the Grand Canyon in a two-day span – we're learning a bit more about one of them as his family mourns his death.On Aug. 1, a man died after attempting an illegal BASE jump. The day before, Abel Mejia fell 400 feet from the rim near the Pipe Creek Overlook.Abel was just 20-years-old.All four of his siblings shared what they'll miss most about their brother."It's a different type of pain," Bryant Mejia, his older brother, said.
They were doing their devotions, you know, when everything happened," Josh Mejia, his brother, said.It was a call that took all of Abel's siblings by surprise."It just hit me like a ton of bricks," Bryant said. "I didn't know what to do.""I remember getting out of the truck and and just crying. It's like I took a blow to my stomach. I couldn't breathe. I felt this heaviness on me," Steffany said.
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