I mean, this is something that makes me alive, that she'd fight until the last moment," said Javadian. "I mean, she's kind with anybody."Īgnihotri's family and friends are holding out hope that she is okay. "She's one of the most wonderful person that I have ever seen in my life," said Javadian. More than 20 members of the Zion Search and Rescue Team were in and near the Virgin River to find Agnihotri. However, he said Agnihotri wanted to stay to see the upper part of the Narrows.Īfter finding out Agnihotri was missing, park rangers continued monitoring the river during the night and mobilized additional searchers Saturday morning. and we were kind of up to the Narrows and we passed the mystery waterfall," said Javadian.Īfter hearing about flash floods in the area, Javadian and another friend decided to go back down. "We planned to kind of visit everywhere in Zion from last Wednesday to today."Īgnihotri and Javadian are both graduate students at the University of Arizona. "We planned for this trip last month, and then we decided to come here from before the starting of the semester," he said. A search and rescue operation was then initiated for the missing hiker, who lives in Tucson, Arizona.įOX 13 News spoke with Mostafa Javadian, who has known Agnihotri for two years and was on this trip to Zion with her. Later Friday evening, the Parks Service learned that 29-year-old Jetal Agnihotri was overdue from a trip to the Narrows. Others were sent to the Narrows exit at Sinawava to ask all parties if anyone was unaccounted for in their group. Other rangers and search-and-rescue volunteers, equipped with water rescue equipment, were also posted along the river to watch for anyone in the water. They were told to stay on the high ground until the water receded, and later "assisted them to safety." Rangers also hiked up the Riverside Walk, where they found several hikers stranded by the rising water. The hiker was taken to a local hospital via ambulance. Park rangers were sent up the Virgin River, where they found an injured hiker who was swept downstream several hundred yards, according to park officials. near the Temple of Sinawava on the Narrows route. The National Park Service received reports of hikers swept off their feet by the flash flood around 2:15 p.m.
SPRINGDALE, Utah - A woman went missing Friday after the Narrows area of Zion National Park was hit by flash flooding, and crews were still searching for her as of Sunday night.
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