Yosemite National Park Death Went Unreported For a Week During Government Shutdown

Yosemite National Park Death Went Unreported For a Week During Government Shutdown

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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvqq77/yosemite-national-park-death-went-unreported-for-a-week-during-government-shutdown

America’s national parks have (once again) become a hypervisible example of the chaos created by a government shutdown. In addition to the ongoing poop, trash, and vandalism crises, multiple people have died in national parks since the shutdown began—one death going unannounced for a week.

According to Outside Magazine, a man at Yosemite National Park sustained fatal head injuries on Christmas Day after slipping at Silver Apron, a sloping granite feature located near a popular waterfall, A 911 call was made, and rangers arrived in less than an hour to move the man.

Yosemite National Park Death Went Unreported For a Week During Government Shutdown

Jan 7, 2019, 9:42pm UTC
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvqq77/yosemite-national-park-death-went-unreported-for-a-week-during-government-shutdown > America’s national parks have (once again) become a hypervisible example of the chaos created by a government shutdown. In addition to the ongoing poop, trash, and vandalism crises, multiple people have died in national parks since the shutdown began—one death going unannounced for a week. > According to Outside Magazine, a man at Yosemite National Park sustained fatal head injuries on Christmas Day after slipping at Silver Apron, a sloping granite feature located near a popular waterfall, A 911 call was made, and rangers arrived in less than an hour to move the man.