Ryan Acord, 36, died after falling off a 200-foot cliff onto a rocky Oregon beach while trying to rescue his two children and a family friend, officials said.
As first responders arrived, it became clear that the family was not at Secret Beach.
Ryan Acord, 36, fell onto the rocky beach about 200 feet below the end of the trail. Officials said he died from the fall. "They followed Google Maps, and it pointed them in the wrong spot, and they thought they were in the right spot, so they parked and went down the wrong trail," said Sheriff John Ward told KOBI-TV.near the Spruce Island View Point, where officials located their parked vehicle.
Rescuers reached all three children and brought them to safety. Nolan Acord, 8, suffered serious injuries and is being treated at a hospital, where he is expected to recover. Rescuers began to rappel to the rocky beach, where officials said they found the couple’s 8-year-old son Nolan and his father about 200 feet below theWard said that Ryan Acord saw the kids slip and fall on a treacherous portion of the trail near a waterfall and raced to save them from going over the cliff. However, Ward said, the dad slipped and fell to the beach below.
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