In 1948, a youth stuck on a ledge in Sabino Canyon was rescued unhurt. However, one of his rescuers wasn't so lucky.
The 15-year-old boy had to spend the night on a ledge that was so narrow he couldn't lie down. As uncomfortable as that must have been, he had at least made the cautious decision to stay put when he was unable to get a good foothold to climb down.
Anderson, a veteran law enforcement officer despite his comparative youth and an excellent mountain climber although he wore an artificial leg as a result of a motorcycle accident in his high school days, had volunteered to descend into the canyon to a ledge 25 feet above the one to which young Rockefeller clung. This was necessary because the upper ledge rendered it impossible for rescuers to drop a rope to the boy.
"As he gained Anderson's side Rockefeller slumped to the ground and it seemed to me that he had collapsed. Then Anderson started climbing up the face of the cliff, holding on the rope with one hand and bracing himself on jutting rocks with the other."He had gone up about 10 feet when the rope literally seemed to jerk itself out of his hand. What had happened was that the tope had worked to the left from its original position into a crack in the face of the cliff.
The search was held up at first when the deputies were misled by a boy who said he saw the body fall into one of the crevices in the canyon walls. However, Levitz was able to tell them that the body had hit in the pool at the base of the canyon. Rockefeller Senior, who resides at 848 East Sixth street, took his son and six other boys of the same age to a camp site in Sabino canyon Sunday afternoon and left them, saying he would return for them early in the evening.
The father already had returned to the canyon and he, the deputies and the six boys kept an all-night vigil awaiting daylight to attempt the rescue. Then the party followed a torturous trail to the point just above where young Rockefeller was perched, a ledge so narrow that when seated his feet hung over the edge.
Early seeking a career as a law enforcement officer, Anderson served for two years as a jailer under the late Sheriff John F. Belton. Then followed two years as a special delivery letter carrier for the Tucson postoffice, followed by four years as a member of the Merchants Police Patrol under M. T. Guiney, present undersheriff of Pima county.
RESCUED YOUTH TELLS OF FALLAnderson Tragedy Related By Guy Rockefeller Jr.; 15-Year-Old Is CalmBy JIM HART "The other boys had swimming suits," said Guy,"but I didn't. They decided to go in for a swim, and I started climbing the cliff to see how high I could get. After about a 30-minute climb, I sat down to rest on a ledge about four feet long and three feet wide. Looking down, I could see the pool about 400 feet below me; the cliff seemed to go straight up above me. I tried to go down, but when I couldn't get a foothold, I decided I'd better stay where I was.
In the morning, as soon as there was enough light, the rescue party started climbing, looking for a way to reach Guy. It was finally decided that they climb to the top of the mountain and lower a rope. In order to reach Guy with the rope, Anderson had to climb down to a ledge some 25 feet above the boy.
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