Search Underway For Body Of Suicide Victim

Park staff are searching for the body of a Utah man who apparently committed suicide by jumping off the edge of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone on Tuesday afternoon. The 20-year-old man was last seen around 1:50 p.m. on the observation platform at the brink of the Lower Falls along the north rim of the canyon. Witnesses said that he jumped over the railing into the Yellowstone River, then went down over the 308-foot-high Lower Falls. A search of the river was begun immediately, using both observers on the ground and the park helicopter.  The search and recovery effort continued on Wednesday. The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of family members. The incident remains under investigation. The latest stream flow reading upstream of the falls at the outlet of Yellowstone Lake recorded over 44,500 gallons of water per second flowing into the Yellowstone River.