A California woman fell to her death from the cliffs near Grand Portal Point at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore/NPS
A 32-year-old California woman walking the shoreline of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan slipped while trying to take a photo of herself and fell about 200 feet to her death, according to park staff.
Park officials identified the victim of Wednesday's accident as 32-year-old Tu Thanh Nguyen from Sunnyvale, California. They said the woman was hiking by herself on the North Country Trail and stopped about a half-mile east of Grand Portal Point to take pictures of herself when she fell off the cliff edge into Lake Superior.
The fall was witnessed by two kayakers. The kayakers retrieved her and got her to shore near Chapel Beach. A kayak company radioed for emergency services for assistance. National Park Service, Alger County Sheriff’s Office, Alger County EMS, and the U.S. Coast Guard personnel responded in a coordinated recovery effort.
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Sad - another Death By Selfie.
So very sad, so young. My prayers are with her family.
Beware kayakers at Grand Portal point of rocks being thrown at you. My wife an i thought it was rocks falling from cliff or fish jumping in water. We looked up and saw people standing on edge throwing at us. We yelled at them to stop. This happened around 1500 Hrs. July 5, 2021. No one was injured.