US Politics | Terrifying video shows woman, 29, being swept to her death in flood while hiking Utah’s Zion National Park, family fears
A HIKER who died after being swept away by flash floods may have been filmed in a chilling video fighting for her life, her family fears. Jetal Agnihotri, 29, was discovered days after she left her group to hike a popular trail in southern Utah last Friday.
A terrifying video may have captured a hiker's final moments, according to her familyTwitter/KUTV2News
Twitter/KUTV2NewsA bystander recorded two hikers desperately fighting to stay afloat in the rushing waters '/ '
FacebookJetal Agnihotri, 31, died after being swept away by flash flooding when she left her group to hike a trail in southern Utah '/ ' Her brother, Pujan Agnihotri, believes his sister's final moments may have been caught in a tragic video taken by a bystander that shows two hikers struggling to stay afloat in a muddy river. The woman from Tucson, Arizona was hiking with her two friends from college in the Narrows region of Zion National Park when she disappeared. Despite hearing of flash warnings, Agnihotri decided to leave the group and brave the Narrows which requires wading through a riverbed when the weather allows. The friends chose to stay back due to the flooding and planned on meeting up in the visitor's center parking lot at 5.30pm that evening. Read more on mystery deaths
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school horror Mystery of elementary school principal found shot dead in car in vile killing When Agnihotri failed to show up, the remaining group notified officials that she had gone missing. ...SHE IS GONE' The Arizona woman's family traveled to Utah to help find her until her body was tragically discovered by a search and rescue team after a four-day search. They found her in the Virgin River near the Court of the Patriarchs, which is about six river miles south of the Narrows. The medical examiner was called in and Agnihotri was later pronounced dead. Most read in The US Sun BENEATH THE SHEETS The number of times you should be having sex each week to keep healthy RAINING HELL Terrifying moment flesh-melting 'thermite bombs' rain down on Ukrainian town SUPPORT SYSTEM I have big boobs - I found 6 bralettes I love, including a lacy number CAMOUFLAGED CANINE You have the eyes of a hawk if you can spot the dog in the kitchen PELOSI'S SHAME Nancy's husband pleads GUILTY to one DUI charge after drunk car crash card's marked I made lottery algorithm to find scratch cards most likely to win - it works ...She is gone,... her brother, Pujan Agnihotri, who traveled from Texas to help in the search told KUTV. One of her friends believed she would make it out of the flash flood. Before she was found dead, they told WGME: "I mean, she's one of the toughest girls I have ever seen in my life. ...I'm really sure she can fight with that river, and she can make it out." Jetal's friend Mostafa Javadian, who was with her at the park, said that they wanted to explore the area before starting the fall semester at the University of Arizona. Jeff Bradybaugh, Zion National Park superintendent said: "Our deepest sympathy goes out to the friends and family of Jetal Agnihotri.... HORROR FLOODING Multiple agencies and over 170 responders contributed to the search for the hiker. Swift water-trained rescuers and search dogs were deployed and responders spent ...a total of more than 1,500 person-hours searching in and near the Virgin River," officials said. The weather was monitored closely during the search, including the speed of the river flow caused by seasonal-monsoon rains. Following Friday's report, park rangers immediately helped hikers who had been injured or stranded. Throughout Friday afternoon and evening, rangers interviewed hiking groups as they exited the Narrows and Riverside Walk to make sure no one was missing a member. One hiker who was injured was taken to the hospital, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Read More on The US Sun
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BENEATH THE SHEETS The number of times you should be having sex each week to keep healthy Others were stranded until water levels receded enough for park rangers to safely rescue them, according to the outlet. It wasn't until later that evening that the park received a report of the missing 29-year-old.
APThe flooding swept away multiple hikers on Friday '/ '
FacebookJetal's friend Mostafa Javadian, who was with her at the park, said that they wanted to explore the area before starting the fall semester at the University of Arizona '/ '









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