Last week a 12-year boy from Indiana evidently lost his footing and fell into Truemmelbach Falls and disappeared. The latest report from the canton police is that there has been no sign of him. If anyone recently in the Lauterbrunnen Valley or going there hears any news, I'd be interested in what is reported. The news here is sketchy.
Posted by
Orlando, Florida
484 posts
Dwayne, this is so sad. I was at the falls last year and the volume and force of the water was tremendous. I had planned to go this year again and this tragedy is reminder that nature though beautiful is also very wild and dangerous.
Posted by
cochranville, pa, usa
322 posts
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/106/story/577079.html
The search has apparently ended.
Posted by
Baudette, MN, United States
163 posts
holy cow....we were there last week too and i even thought a few times I was glad my kids weren't with, as I would have been crazy with worry! I can see how a kid could slip through. There are guard rails, but it would be easy to slip under, over or through them. I have little boys who are monkeys, so i can see how this could happen. What a terrible tragedy.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
689 posts
This kind of thing happens regularly at Yosemite's waterfalls, too.
Posted by
OP
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
213 posts
Pat, thanks for the link.
Posted by
TX
515 posts
Oh, how very tragic. When we were there with our grown children a couple of summers ago, I was very nervous. It was beautiful and powerful, but just so slippery, and we commented often that the handrail system was not nearly secure enough...so easy to see how someone could slide right through. I have to say that when we descended from the falls area, I was quite relieved. Poor family.