Overview

• On June 13, 32-year-old Janelle Banda fell about 400 feet into a narrow canyon known as the Edge of the World while hiking with her father near Sedona.
• A search involving Coconino, Maricopa and Yavapai county sheriff’s offices and the Arizona Department of Public Safety culminated in a Pima County sheriff’s helicopter rescue at noon on June 16.
• She spent roughly two and a half days in the canyon enduring scorching daytime heat, freezing nights and total darkness without food or shelter.
• Banda avoided life-threatening injuries but suffered two sprained ankles, cuts, bruising and severe dehydration, prompting a brief hospital stay.
• Her family says she will face the challenge of recovering emotionally from the trauma of being isolated in the canyon alone.