McCallie Middle School student lost in Grand Canyon

FILE - This Oct. 22, 2012 file photo shows a view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. For those who know and love the Grand Canyon, the names of its historic lodges are synonymous with the national park itself. But the right to use those names is ripe for debate after a longtime Grand Canyon concessionaire applied to trademark them. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file) FILE - This Oct. 22, 2012 file photo shows a view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. For those who know and love the Grand Canyon, the names of its historic lodges are synonymous with the national park itself. But the right to use those names is ripe for debate after a longtime Grand Canyon concessionaire applied to trademark them. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)

By Staff Report April 16, 2017 2 min read

UPDATE:

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old Chattanooga boy and a 62-year-old woman missing in Grand Canyon National Park after they were swept down a creek while crossing it in a remote part of the park.

Chief Ranger Matt Vandzura of the National Park Service says two fellow hikers alerted authorities by setting off an emergency GPS locator beacon in the backcountry area below the canyon’s North Rim.

One of the missing hikers has been identified as McCallie eighth-grader Jackson Standefer.

He says the two lost their footing and were swept away Saturday in Tapeats Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River.