DNR praises Crews for recovering Body from Tallulah Gorge

Emergency crews from Habersham and Rabun County as well as Tallulah Gorge State Park are being praised for working five hours Thursday afternoon, April 22, to recover a body from 300-feet down the Tallulah Gorge.  Mark McKinnon, Public Affairs Officer for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division gives details.  “We got a call around midday that someone had fallen from Overlook 2 at the gorge.  Our Game Wardens responded to that along with Habersham and Rabun county’s personnel to assess the situation.  When they got there they realized that someone had gone off the side from that overlook area.  They were able to spot the victim from the top and the Habersham and Rabun county High Angle Teams did an excellent job of being able to get down and recover that victim.  The person was deceased but they were able to bring her out and give some closure to her family.”  Personnel from Habersham County Emergency Services, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, Tallulah Falls Fire Department, Tallulah Falls Police Department, Rabun County Fire Services, DNR Park Rangers, Habersham County Search and Rescue, and DNR Aviation worked the incident.  Crews removed the body with a rope-rigging system.  The Georgia DNR is conducting an investigation into the death.