Teen who fell from Grand Canyon ledge says he was ‘inches away from death’

Wyatt Kauffman, 13, who parents say will make full recovery', discharged from hospital after surviving 100ft fall from north rim

As he left the hospital and headed for home in North Dakota, a 13-year-old boy who fell 100ft from a ledge at the Grand Canyon said he had been inches away from death".

I almost died," Wyatt Kauffman told ABC's Good Morning America, when asked to reflect on the fall that left him with a spinal fracture and other injuries. I want to thank everybody that helped me be able to be alive."