Grand Canyon river rafter missing after trying to save wife
Mike Howard is 6 feet tall, 190 pounds, has blue eyes, gray/brown hair and a long gray beard. He was wearing a yellow T-shirt, shorts and Keen water shoes. Anyone with information that might help in the search for Howard is asked to contact National Park Service Silent Witness Line at 928-638-7840. (NPS)
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A California man remains missing four days after trying to rescue his wife during a river rafting trip in the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon National Park officials said Monday with few clues about his whereabouts, the search for 67-year-old Mike Howard, of Simi Valley, has been somewhat scaled back.
Authorities say he and his 65-year-old wife were on a Canyoneers commercial river excursion at Clear Creek on Friday morning.
They were preparing for a day hike when the woman went into the river while disembarking.
Howard immediately went to assist her.
Authorities say both swam through Clear Creek Rapid and she was rescued.
The woman was later airlifted to the South Rim and taken to a Flagstaff hospital.
Ground and swiftwater rescuers have been scouring the Colorado River by motorboat.
Howard is 6 feet tall, 190 pounds, has blue eyes, gray/brown hair and a long gray beard. He was wearing a yellow T-shirt, shorts and Keen water shoes.
Anyone with information that might help in the search for Howard is asked to contact National Park Service Silent Witness Line at 928-638-7840.
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