The search for a man who fell from a cable basket and was swept away by the Colorado River continued Thursday.
The 21-year-old Louisiana man, an employee of the Glenwood Canyon Resort, has not been identified.
The accident happened at about 3 p.m. Wednesday in Garfield County.
The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said the man and two others were attempting to cross the river when the accident happened.
The basket, which hangs from a cable and moves via a pulley system, touched the river, tipped and threw the man into the hard-running water. The two other people in the basket made it back to shore.
Emergency personnel looked for the man on Wednesday afternoon and resumed the search this morning.
“We are using every resource available to assist in the rescue,” Kevin Schneider, owner of Glenwood Canyon Resort, said in a statement.
The resort postponed Saturday’s grand opening of its new “Zipline Adventures.”
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
