Child Stranded at NC Waterfall Rescued Amid Rapidly Rising River

Child stranded at NC waterfall rescued amid rapidly rising river

BREVARD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Floodwaters at a prominent North Carolina waterfall left a child stranded Monday afternoon.  According to the Transylvania County Rescue Squad, crews responded around 4:45 p.m. to the base of Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah National Forest.  That’s where a child reportedly swam to the far side of the falls and within just a few minutes, the river rose with flash flooding from the rain earlier in that. Due to the …

Stranded child rescued, uninjured at Looking Glass Falls

Sunday afternoon a child swam too close to Pisgah National Forest’s Looking Glass Falls and became stranded.

Child rescued from rising waters at Looking Glass Falls after flash flood in Pisgah Forest

Child rescued from rising waters at Looking Glass Falls after flash flood in Pisgah Forest (Photo: Transylvania County Rescue Squad)