It was a terrifying moment as a suburban woman and her 7-year-old son fell to the bottom of the French Canyon at Starved Rock State Park while hiking on a spring break adventure this week.
Authorities said the Tinley Park woman was trying to grab her son, who had slipped, when both fell at least 30 feet Tuesday while walking on the trail. The family was enjoying a day at the park for spring break when the incident happened.
Pictures shared with NBC Chicago captured the moments crews rescued the pair from the bottom of the canyon.
“Just talking to them a little bit sounds like the son has special needs and just slipped off of the trail and went little off the trail and fell down into the canyon and mom went to grab him and fell along with him,” Utica Fire Protection District Chief Ben Brown said…