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Sheriff Updates Big Cottonwood Rescue: 4-Year-Old Still Critical, 8-Year-Old Released

Family identifies the father as Micah Smith, with a fundraiser describing severe injuries not yet confirmed by officials.

Overview

  • In a Tuesday update, the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office said Micah Smith is stable, the eight-year-old has been discharged, the two-year-old is stable, and the four-year-old remains in critical condition.
  • The family’s GoFundMe says the four-year-old, Ezra, is on a heart–lung bypass machine and that Smith has third-degree frostbite, claims not verified by authorities.
  • Search crews from the county search-and-rescue team, the DPS Aero Bureau, and a Life Flight helicopter located the group in the Twin Peaks area Sunday morning.
  • The family set out Saturday on the Broads Fork Trail, and deputies later found their vehicle at the trailhead parking lot before the overnight rescue.
  • The sheriff’s office says the case remains an active investigation with limited details released about how the group became stranded.