2 boys home recovering after gorge fall that killed parents
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two young boys whose parents died in a fall off a 200-foot cliff during a family hiking trip with them are out of the hospital and are recovering at home.
Relatives of 4-yearold Alexander Green and 7-year-old Jacob Green said Tuesday the boys are surrounded by family and friends as they recover from the Aug. 20 accident in the Zoar Valley Gorge, 35 miles south of Buffalo.
Parents William and Amanda Green, of Buffalo, and Alexander fell off the cliff and were found by other hikers at the bottom of the gorge. The parents were dead, and Alexander, who was nearby, was severely injured. Jacob was found injured hours later wandering the gorge floor alone.
The Green family, in a statement released by Amanda Green’s employer, brother.
Jacob suffered a broken right arm and ankle and was released from a Buffalo hospital at the end of August, while Alexander suffered internal injuries and a head injury and was released in mid-September, family spokesman Kyle Rogers said.
Sheriff Timothy Howard said the investigation into what happened on the family outing remains open. He said investigators haven’t spoken to the boys and “will only do so when the family and the boys are prepared to speak.”
A photo released by the family on Tuesday shows the boys smiling in wheelchairs surrounded by police and emergency mascot characters while attending a community event in the suburb of Orchard Park on Sept. 10.