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A family was on an off-roading trip when their jeep slid down a rocky mountain. The grandpa protected his grandkids by holding on to them closely. The jeep fell 150 feet down the mountain. There was an off-duty paramedic that tried to perform CPR on the grandpa, but he didn't survive.

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A 13-year-old boy is alive after the car he was in tumbled 150 feet down a mountain in New Mexico.

Austyn Kerley was on an off-roading trip with his family in Red River earlier this month when he and his grandfather, Gerard Greenough, 63, got their jeep stuck on a rock.

Greenough floored the car to try to and get free, but the rocks beneath the vehicle began to slide, sending the vehicle tumbling down the mountain.

"As the Jeep tipped, my dad grabbed my son and cocooned him, to protect him from the fall with him in his arms. The jeep rolled 150 feet down the mountain," Austyn's mother, Amanda Kerley, told ABC News.

Austyn's father, Tony, and his brother, Tyler, were able to reach Austyn and haul him up the mountain.

An off-duty paramedic who was nearby slid down the mountain and attempted CPR on Greenough for roughly 20 minutes, but was unable to save him.

Two passersby rushed Austyn down the mountain trail to an ambulance, and the boy was later taken in a helicopter to the University New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.

Amanda said that Austyn went into respiratory failure before reaching the ambulance, but still survived.

"He is a miracle," said Amanda.

Austyn suffered from major blood loss, a lacerated pancreas and liver, broken clavicles and spinal fractures in his neck and back, according to his mother.

He was released from the hospital ahead of schedule, and is recovering at home.

As soon as he is able, Austyn and his family plan on hiking up to the crash site to honor the memory of his grandfather.

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Grandfather dies protecting his grandson in 150-foot cliff fall

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The truck they were in tumbled down the side of a mountain in New Mexico.

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Boxer and entertainer Victor Ortiz has been arrested after a woman told authorities he sexually assaulted her at a home in Oxnard, California, police said.

The woman's report came the afternoon of March 19. Ortiz, who lives in Tarzana, 40 miles west of Oxnard, turned himself in Tuesday and was booked at the East County Jail in Ventura County. His bail is $100,000.

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Boxer Victor Ortiz turns himself in on rape charge days before next bout

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Boxer and entertainer Victor Ortiz has been arrested after a woman told authorities he sexually assaulted her at a home in Oxnard, California, police said.

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A Gene can make mosquitoes not have malaria

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Researchers used a gene editing tool, CRISPR, to wipe out a population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the lab

Questions remain about how releasing this technology into the wild would impact the environment

Researchers have rendered a population of mosquitoes in a lab sterile using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 by homing in on a specific target in insect DNA - the doublesex gene - raising the possibility of eradicating disease-carrying species of the insect entirely, according to a new studypublished Monday in Nature Biotechnology.

In the study, scientists at Imperial College London used the technology to wipe out a population of caged mosquitoes that are able to transmit malaria, targeting a genetic sequence that leads to male and female traits. After a number of generations, they found that 100% of these mosquitoes were affected.

"The difference in the gene content between male and female is very, very minimal" in mosquitoes and humans alike, said study author Andrea Crisanti, professor of molecular parasitology and microbiology at Imperial College London.

Doublesex, as the name implies, controls how mosquitoes differentiate into male and female. Females with two copies of the mutated gene didn't develop properly and couldn't reproduce, while males developed normally and continued spreading the mutation. Mutant females also failed to develop the long, needly proboscis they need to bite humans and suck blood.

What's more, the experiment seemed to succeed where others have failed - the spread of these mutant genes was not thwarted by the mosquitoes developing resistance.

"We have selected a target site that cannot be mutated or changed by the mosquito without paying a high price," Crisanti said.

The researchers note this doesn't necessarily prove their methods are "resistance proof." Experts say this could play out very differently outside small, confined spaces and among many other species of mosquitoes - only some of which carry the parasite that causes malaria.

But even when it comes to suppressing or extinguishing a species of mosquito, are we opening Pandora's Box and releasing something into the world we don't fully understand? Or will the only major impact be a positive one for humans while other organisms - less harmful ones, ideally - take these bugs' place in the ecosystem?

"That's an open question," said Catherine Hill, professor in the department of entomology at Purdue University. "We're very interested in protecting human health, but at the same time protecting the environment."

Hill said we're still untangling how mosquitoes fit into the food web and environment at large. Larvae, for example, are sources of food for some fish - including the mosquitofish. "I don't believe that we know the answers to these questions yet," Hill said. "We try to anticipate unintended consequences."

But a gene like doublesex, while ubiquitous among insects, has evolved differently across species, so it may be possible to launch a genetic attack on one species without affecting another. Experts say the focus, then, is not on swatting down all mosquitoes - just the small fraction that pester humans and transmit debilitating and deadly diseases.

"There are more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes in the world, most of which do not feed on people," Bob Peterson, professor of entomology at Montana State University and vice president of the Entomological Society of America, said in an email. "It is not practical or desirable - indeed it's not even possible - to wipe out all populations of all mosquito species. No one is seriously contemplating that."

"The African malaria mosquito is the most dangerous animal on earth," said Conor McMeniman, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. "New technology that could help to specifically and efficiently control this plague on humanity is welcomed, but I would caution that we need to carefully test this and also engage communities at risk to see what their attitudes are."

The World Health Organization estimates 216 million cases of malaria in 2016 and 445,000 deaths, with children under age 5 among the most susceptible.

Health experts and entomologists have long been focused on fighting disease-causing mosquitoes, but "insect pests have the uncanny ability to adapt to and overcome our best efforts to manage them and the harm they cause," Peterson said.

In recent years, scientists have infected another mosquito species with Wolbachia bacteria, sterilizing them. Many efforts have traditionally involved insecticides, which are far less targeted and can have detrimental impacts on surroundings and species nearby, McMeniman noted.

While experts are calling the new study a big leap in a positive direction, some anticipate "growing pains and unexpected results," in the words of medical entomologist Donald Yee, associate professor at the University of Southern Mississippi.

"It's going to be nearly impossible to eliminate mosquitoes of any species, given that doing so requires coordinated efforts of governments, scientists, and the public," Yee told CNN in an email. "With very few exceptions in human history, humans just have not been very good at eliminating mosquitoes, even for short periods of time."

Yee said that the mosquitoes we're really concerned about - the major vectors for diseases such as yellow fever and dengue - aren't native to many places where they spread disease to humans. While few studies have held a magnifying glass to mosquitoes' importance to their habitats, he doesn't expect that eliminating them would hugely affect those environments.

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Crisanti said he's part of upcoming research on where mosquitoes sit in the food web, as well as how this gene-editing technology will work in spaces that better mimic tropical conditions - though it could be years before this is ever brought to market.

And time is of the essence, Hill said. In the next five to 10 years, she says scientists "absolutely have to come up with new technologies that are replacements for those earlier conventional strategies" and that work in concert with each other.

With climate change and a growing human population, "I think we are going to see more epidemics" of mosquito-borne illness, Hill said. "And we will see those diseases in places where we haven't seen it before."

"It is a constant arms race between us and the mosquito and the pathogens it transmits," she added. "I don't think it's ever going to go away, and I don't see one magic bullet."

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Gene editing could eliminate mosquitoes, but is it a good idea?

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Researchers used a gene editing tool, CRISPR, to wipe out a population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the lab Questions remain about how releasing this technology into the wild would impact the environment Researchers have rendered a population of mosquitoes in a lab sterile using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 by homing in on a specific target in insect DNA - the doublesex gene - raising the possibility of eradicating disease-carrying species of the insect entirely, according to a new studypublished Monday in Nature Biotechnology.

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Trump gives a Horrible response to McCain

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Biden calls Trump's response to McCain's death 'almost un-American'

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Former Vice President Joe Biden at an event Tuesday labeled President Donald Trump's response to Sen. John McCain's death as "almost un-American."

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Search and Rescue deployments increasing after people doing dangerous things for social media

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There may be such a thing as doing it "for the 'gram," but the quest to have daredevil photos on Instagram is keeping first responders across Southern California busy as people keep risking their lives to do dangerous stunts for "likes."

Last year, search-and-rescue teams with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department conducted 681 missions, the most in five years and a nearly 40 percent rise since 2013.

"People have to understand people die up in those mountains," LASD Deputy Stephen Doucette told ABC7. "For every rescue that you see that we do, there are ones that we don't make. They're dead."

Searching on Instagram for locations such as Eaton Canyon, Hermit Falls, and Malibu Creek Rock Pool reveal numerous posts of people taking selfies on steep cliffs, or jumping into pools of water below.

The popular - and often remote - jumping spots tend to fill up on the weekends, and are a close drive from the Los Angeles area.

Two men recently got injured at Hermit Falls after witnesses told police the pair were trying to get videos of themselves diving into the water below, according to CBSLA.

Numerous Instagram posts from Hermit Falls contain videos of people making the dangerous leap.

"They go on up there and they do it and they realize 'wow, that water wasn't quite as deep as I thought.' Typically we get the broken leg, broken back, broken head and then they're in a remote location," Doucette told CBSLA.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN HIKING IN MICHIGAN FALLS TO DEATH WHILE TAKING SELFIE: OFFICIALS
The draw of inexperienced hikers without proper gear to the scenic mountains in the region can also almost cost some their life. Daniel Sedha, whose family ended up on the wrong path three years ago when trying to visit Switzer Falls in Angeles National Path, told the Los Angeles Times he still can't feel above his eyebrow after smashing his face after tumbling from close to the top of the falls.

Sedhe, who was wearing sneakers without a strong grip, slid off a ridge when trying to climb to a flat spot near the scenic falls.

"I just remember feeling that sliding sensation, and then it was almost like a feeling of super bliss, like euphoria, that feeling of just lifting up," he told the newspaper. "From the slope, I caught air, and that's it. Boom! I fell 50 feet."

Those rescues, which often times involved helicopters, can cost "thousands and thousands" of dollars, according to Doucette.

"If somebody were actually handed a rescue bill, they might change their mind in the future," he told ABC7.

Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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Quest for extreme Instagram photos leads to spike in rescues in Southern California

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There may be such a thing as doing it "for the 'gram," but the quest to have daredevil photos on Instagram is keeping first responders across Southern California busy as people keep risking their lives to do dangerous stunts for "likes."

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An Alabama father who was arrested after his baby son drowned in the bathtub claims he left the room to play video games and forgot the baby was there

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An Alabama father who was arrested after his baby son drowned in the bathtub claims he left the room to play video games and forgot the baby was there, authorities said.

The 5-month-old was not breathing when deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at the Tarrant, Alabama, home Sunday night, the sheriff's office said.

Paramedics took the baby to the hospital where he soon was pronounced dead, the sheriff's office said.

The baby's father, 23-year-old Cordarius Cotton, told detectives he had turned the water on and put the baby in the tub and then left the room to play a video game, the sheriff's office said.

Cordarius Cotton appears in this undated mugshot provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Cotton told detectives he forgot about the baby and "when he returned to the bathtub about an hour later he found the child was unresponsive," the sheriff's office said. Detectives believe Cotton's claim, Sgt. Jake Self told ABC News.

Cotton was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter.

The baby's mother was not home at the time, Self said. Two other children live at the home and one was there at the time of the incident, Self said.

The two children were placed in the care of a grandmother pending an investigation, he said.

It was not immediately clear if Cotton has entered a plea or has an attorney.

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5-month-old drowns in bathtub while dad plays video games: Police

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Cordarius Cotton, 23, was charged with reckless manslaughter, authorities said.

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Cordarius Cotton admits playing video games and let his child drown

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An Alabama father who was arrested after his baby son drowned in the bathtub claims he left the room to play video games and forgot the baby was there, authorities said.

The 5-month-old was not breathing when deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at the Tarrant, Alabama, home Sunday night, the sheriff's office said.

Paramedics took the baby to the hospital where he soon was pronounced dead, the sheriff's office said.

The baby's father, 23-year-old Cordarius Cotton, told detectives he had turned the water on and put the baby in the tub and then left the room to play a video game, the sheriff's office said.

Cordarius Cotton appears in this undated mugshot provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Cotton told detectives he forgot about the baby and "when he returned to the bathtub about an hour later he found the child was unresponsive," the sheriff's office said. Detectives believe Cotton's claim, Sgt. Jake Self told ABC News.

Cotton was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter.

The baby's mother was not home at the time, Self said. Two other children live at the home and one was there at the time of the incident, Self said.

The two children were placed in the care of a grandmother pending an investigation, he said.

It was not immediately clear if Cotton has entered a plea or has an attorney.

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5-month-old drowns in bathtub while dad plays video games: Police

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Cordarius Cotton, 23, was charged with reckless manslaughter, authorities said.

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airoprt in india opens on the himilayan mountians.

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(CNN) - Sometimes an airport is just a strip of asphalt on a flat bit of land outside of town. Other times, as with India's new Pakyong Airport, it's a breathtaking piece of engineering on the roof of the world.

Set in the Himalayan mountains at a height of over 1,400 meters (4,593 feet), the facility serving a remote area of Sikkim state offers one of the most dramatic airport approaches on the planet.

Its inauguration on Monday also marked a milestone for aviation and travel in India.

"After the opening of the airport there are now 100 operational airports in India." said Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, during a speech at Pakyong's opening ceremony on Monday.

"This airport was built at a cost of $68.7 million and showcases our engineers, workers and their potential -- how the mountains were cleared, the ditch was filled, the heavy rains they dealt with. This is truly an amazing feat of engineering."

As part of that work, an 80.38 meter embankment was built to make space for the 1.7-kilometer-long and 30-meter-wide runway, which is enclosed by deep valleys.

The airport's 2,380-square-meter terminal can accommodate up to 100 passengers.

But its real asset is the incredible Himalayan scenery -- a widescreen landscape captured in a series of stunning images by Indian photographer Rajiv Srivastava, who runs the website Imazin India.

The airport will enter commercial passenger service when SpiceJet, one of the country's largest low-cost airlines launches two daily routes to Pakyong Airport (Pakyong-Kolkata and Pakyong-Guwahati) from October 4.

The Pakyong-Kolkata flight will take around 1.5 hours and the Pakyong-Guwahati route will take slightly longer than an hour.

The flights will offer some much-needed accessibility to the region. Before the opening of Pakyong, the nearest airport to Sikkim's state capital of Gangtok was Bagdogra, in West Bengal -- a five-hour drive.

Pakyong Airport is only 30 kilometers south of Gangtok.

It's hoped that the new airport will boost tourism in the region.

Bordered by Bhutan and Nepal, the northeastern state is known for its scenic Himalayan landscapes, boasting 28 mountain peaks, 21 glaciers and more than 200 lakes.

"Sikkim is the beloved destination of tourists," said Modi during the inauguration ceremony.

"Once the airport becomes operational, the number of tourists is going to go up. The new airport will also provide employment for the youth and in turn, hotels, guest houses, restaurants, tour guides and so on."

CNN's Manveena Suri contributed to this report.

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A police officer from Washington was seen kicking a boy and pepper spraying him in a video. A force investigation has been opened because of this. The boy has not been identified but many are assuming that the boy might have spinal injuries due to the impact of the kicks.

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back.

The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on Facebook as of early Tuesday.

The Yakima Police Department acknowledged that the officer had used "force while effecting an arrest" on Sunday during the Central Washington State Fair in Yakima, about two hours southeast of Seattle, but it did not provide additional details. It did not disclose any information about the officer in question.

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera

Yakima's interim police chief, Gary Jones, issued a statement on the police department's website and Facebook page Monday night, asking witnesses to come forward with any information that may help the investigation.

The department's Facebook post had hundreds of reactions and comments by Tuesday morning, with a majority of users expressing outrage over the issue, including some who questioned if the boy might develop spinal injuries due to the impact of the kick.

"The Yakima Police Department has been made aware of a video posting that involves a Yakima Police officer using force while effecting an arrest last night," Jones said Monday. "Maintaining public trust is one of our highest priorities, and in doing so, investigators will be collecting all available evidence as it pertains to a use of force review.

"Anyone with information concerning this event is encouraged to contact the department and share what information they may have," he added.

Jones did not disclose the boy's age or identity, but a witness told ABC News the boy was a student at Wapato High School in Wapato, Washington.

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera, who shared video of the incident on Facebook, said the officers were responding to a chaotic brawl that involved about 15 "young" boys. She said it looked like "any high school fight."

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera

It's unclear if charges were filed in connection with the incident, but Cervera said the boy was escorted out by police.

"They were young," Cervera said. There were no weapons involved, just "kids swinging at each other," she added.

Bill Pickett, who identified himself as the boy's attorney, called the officer's conduct "abusive and unacceptable," according to the Yakima Herald.

"The family wants justice," he said. "They need to know that they are heard, and they need to know that this type of conduct is wrong and they need to know that this is going to stop."

Pickett's law firm did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

ABC News' Stacy Chen contributed to this report.

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Outrage over video showing officer kicking boy

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back. The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on Facebook as of early Tuesday.

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A Virginia man, drunk on rum after a fight about money with his disabled wife, poured gasoline on her and set her on fire in April, a detective said on Monday.

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Virginia man, drunk on rum, poured gas on disabled wife before lighting her on fire, police say

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A Virginia man, drunk on rum after a fight about money with his disabled spouse, poured gasoline on the woman and set her on fire in April, a detective said at a hearing Monday.

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FBI offering a 10,000 dollar reward who ever finds the boy that went missing.

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As FBI offers $10,000 reward, missing autistic boy's father blames himself

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The father who lost track of his autistic son during a visit to a Gastonia, North Carolina, park said Wednesday he's overwhelmed with guilt as the search for the boy enters day five.

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A 5 month old drowns in the bath tub while the dad plays video games.

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An Alabama father who was arrested after his baby son drowned in the bathtub claims he left the room to play video games and forgot the baby was there, authorities said.

The 5-month-old was not breathing when deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at the Tarrant, Alabama, home Sunday night, the sheriff's office said.

Paramedics took the baby to the hospital where he soon was pronounced dead, the sheriff's office said.

The baby's father, 23-year-old Cordarius Cotton, told detectives he had turned the water on and put the baby in the tub and then left the room to play a video game, the sheriff's office said.

Cordarius Cotton appears in this undated mugshot provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Cotton told detectives he forgot about the baby and "when he returned to the bathtub about an hour later he found the child was unresponsive," the sheriff's office said. Detectives believe Cotton's claim, Sgt. Jake Self told ABC News.

Cotton was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter.

The baby's mother was not home at the time, Self said. Two other children live at the home and one was there at the time of the incident, Self said.

The two children were placed in the care of a grandmother pending an investigation, he said.

It was not immediately clear if Cotton has entered a plea or has an attorney.

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Cordarius Cotton, 23, was charged with reckless manslaughter, authorities said.

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Grandfather dies protecting his grandson in 150-foot cliff fall. The grandson was only 13 years old. The cliff was in New Mexico. They got their jeep stuck on a mountain trail. The rocks beneath the vehicle began to slide, sending the vehicle tumbling down the mountain.

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A 13-year-old boy is alive after the car he was in tumbled 150 feet down a mountain in New Mexico.

Austyn Kerley was on an off-roading trip with his family in Red River earlier this month when he and his grandfather, Gerard Greenough, 63, got their jeep stuck on a rock.

Greenough floored the car to try to and get free, but the rocks beneath the vehicle began to slide, sending the vehicle tumbling down the mountain.

"As the Jeep tipped, my dad grabbed my son and cocooned him, to protect him from the fall with him in his arms. The jeep rolled 150 feet down the mountain," Austyn's mother, Amanda Kerley, told ABC News.

Austyn's father, Tony, and his brother, Tyler, were able to reach Austyn and haul him up the mountain.

An off-duty paramedic who was nearby slid down the mountain and attempted CPR on Greenough for roughly 20 minutes, but was unable to save him.

Two passersby rushed Austyn down the mountain trail to an ambulance, and the boy was later taken in a helicopter to the University New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.

Amanda said that Austyn went into respiratory failure before reaching the ambulance, but still survived.

"He is a miracle," said Amanda.

Austyn suffered from major blood loss, a lacerated pancreas and liver, broken clavicles and spinal fractures in his neck and back, according to his mother.

He was released from the hospital ahead of schedule, and is recovering at home.

As soon as he is able, Austyn and his family plan on hiking up to the crash site to honor the memory of his grandfather.

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Grandfather dies protecting his grandson in 150-foot cliff fall

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The truck they were in tumbled down the side of a mountain in New Mexico.

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19-year-old Aldi Novel Adilang drifted for 49 days on a small wooden fishing platform before he was rescued and brought home to Indonesia.

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back.

The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on facebook as of early Tuesday.

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back.

The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on Facebook as of early Tuesday.

The Yakima Police Department acknowledged that the officer had used "force while effecting an arrest" on Sunday during the Central Washington State Fair in Yakima, about two hours southeast of Seattle, but it did not provide additional details. It did not disclose any information about the officer in question.

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera

Yakima's interim police chief, Gary Jones, issued a statement on the police department's website and Facebook page Monday night, asking witnesses to come forward with any information that may help the investigation.

The department's Facebook post had hundreds of reactions and comments by Tuesday morning, with a majority of users expressing outrage over the issue, including some who questioned if the boy might develop spinal injuries due to the impact of the kick.

"The Yakima Police Department has been made aware of a video posting that involves a Yakima Police officer using force while effecting an arrest last night," Jones said Monday. "Maintaining public trust is one of our highest priorities, and in doing so, investigators will be collecting all available evidence as it pertains to a use of force review.

"Anyone with information concerning this event is encouraged to contact the department and share what information they may have," he added.

Jones did not disclose the boy's age or identity, but a witness told ABC News the boy was a student at Wapato High School in Wapato, Washington.

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera, who shared video of the incident on Facebook, said the officers were responding to a chaotic brawl that involved about 15 "young" boys. She said it looked like "any high school fight."

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera

It's unclear if charges were filed in connection with the incident, but Cervera said the boy was escorted out by police.

"They were young," Cervera said. There were no weapons involved, just "kids swinging at each other," she added.

Bill Pickett, who identified himself as the boy's attorney, called the officer's conduct "abusive and unacceptable," according to the Yakima Herald.

"The family wants justice," he said. "They need to know that they are heard, and they need to know that this type of conduct is wrong and they need to know that this is going to stop."

Pickett's law firm did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

ABC News' Stacy Chen contributed to this report.

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Outrage over video showing officer kicking boy

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back. The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on Facebook as of early Tuesday.

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A Washington police department opened use of force investigation on Monday after video showed an officer kicking a boy in the back.

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back.

The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on Facebook as of early Tuesday.

The Yakima Police Department acknowledged that the officer had used "force while effecting an arrest" on Sunday during the Central Washington State Fair in Yakima, about two hours southeast of Seattle, but it did not provide additional details. It did not disclose any information about the officer in question.

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera

Yakima's interim police chief, Gary Jones, issued a statement on the police department's website and Facebook page Monday night, asking witnesses to come forward with any information that may help the investigation.

The department's Facebook post had hundreds of reactions and comments by Tuesday morning, with a majority of users expressing outrage over the issue, including some who questioned if the boy might develop spinal injuries due to the impact of the kick.

"The Yakima Police Department has been made aware of a video posting that involves a Yakima Police officer using force while effecting an arrest last night," Jones said Monday. "Maintaining public trust is one of our highest priorities, and in doing so, investigators will be collecting all available evidence as it pertains to a use of force review.

"Anyone with information concerning this event is encouraged to contact the department and share what information they may have," he added.

Jones did not disclose the boy's age or identity, but a witness told ABC News the boy was a student at Wapato High School in Wapato, Washington.

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera, who shared video of the incident on Facebook, said the officers were responding to a chaotic brawl that involved about 15 "young" boys. She said it looked like "any high school fight."

Jasmin Hernandez Cervera

It's unclear if charges were filed in connection with the incident, but Cervera said the boy was escorted out by police.

"They were young," Cervera said. There were no weapons involved, just "kids swinging at each other," she added.

Bill Pickett, who identified himself as the boy's attorney, called the officer's conduct "abusive and unacceptable," according to the Yakima Herald.

"The family wants justice," he said. "They need to know that they are heard, and they need to know that this type of conduct is wrong and they need to know that this is going to stop."

Pickett's law firm did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

ABC News' Stacy Chen contributed to this report.

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A Washington police department said it has opened a use of force investigation on Monday after a video showed an officer using pepper spray on a boy and kicking him in the back. The video, which captured the police officer kicking the boy to the ground as nearby officers yelled "get on the ground," had accumulated nearly 285,000 views on Facebook as of early Tuesday.

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A mother from Kentucky is recovering from being wounded in a deadly bank shooting. The mother says that the shooting still feels unreal.The shooting has inspired her to become an advocate for better gun control.

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A Kentucky mother of two is recovering after being wounded in a deadly bank shooting earlier this month, but she says the situation still feels unreal.

"I feel detached from it," Whitney Austin told "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. "If I think about the victims ... that's when I get emotional. I don't have anything to be depressed about. I don't have any sorrow. ... I survived."

Austin, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, spent five days at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after a gunman opened fire inside the Fifth Third Bancorp headquarters on Sept. 6, wounding her and killing three others.

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She was in town for a meeting at Fifth Third's headquarters, where she works as a senior product manager, and walked into the lobby as the shooting was in progress.

The suspected gunman Omar Enrique Santa Perez was fatally shot by police.

"When I take myself back to that moment of squatting in the revolving door ... I can't reconcile that I lived," she said. "I have my kids. I get to go back to my life.

"I only have thanks and gratitude," she added.

Perez, of Northbend, Ohio, allegedly opened fire in the building's loading dock before continuing into the lobby area, where Austin was wounded, police said.

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One other person was injured and three others -- Richard Newcomer, 64; Raj Kandepi, 25; and Luis Felipe Calderón, 48 -- were killed. Police have not released a motive in the case.

Austin said she didn't know the alleged shooter, but she thinks about him him often. She said the shooting has inspired her to become an activist and an advocated for better gun control.

"I feel sorry for him and sorry for his family," she said. "I'm sorry that we didn't provide you the support necessary to not be in this position. We all have a lot of responsibility to take care of the mentally ill."

Her husband, Waller Austin, told "GMA" that he also feels as if he's recovering as well. He said he's struggling to find a sense of closure someday, but the tragedy feels way too fresh.

"It's not healthy to sit here and think about what we could have done differently," he said. "We have so much more to give and so much more life to live. Thinking about closure at this point is just, it's not happening."

The Austins have received overwhelming love and support in the wake of the shooting, Whitney said, thanking her family, friends and all the strangers who have reached out.

"It's been wonderful to open letters and have people pour out their heart and soul," Whitney Austin said. "We've had a lot of support through social media and also lots of support from our local friends and family."

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A Kentucky mother of two is recovering after being wounded in a deadly bank shooting earlier this month, but she says the situation still feels unreal. "I feel detached from it," Whitney Austin told "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. "If I think about the victims ... that's when I get emotional.

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A Virginia man, drunk on rum after a fight about money with his disabled spouse, poured gasoline on the woman and set her on fire in April, a detective said at a hearing Monday.

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Virginia man, drunk on rum, poured gas on disabled wife before lighting her on fire, police say

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A Virginia man, drunk on rum after a fight about money with his disabled spouse, poured gasoline on the woman and set her on fire in April, a detective said at a hearing Monday.

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A man in Arizona fires on police after stealing a bottle of milk. Police shot him, and he was given medical attention. No cops were harmed.

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An Arizona man who fired at police officers after allegedly stealing a bottle of milk from a Walmart store was fatally shot when officers returned fire, authorities said.

An employee of the Walmart in Peoria, near Phoenix, had called police around 6 p.m. Monday to report the stolen milk, according to FOX 10 of Phoenix.
PHOENIX POLICE OFFICER, SUSPECT BOTH 'CRITICAL' AFTER SHOOTOUT
The suspect was later identified as Michael John Stout, 20, of Peoria. Responding officers said they saw a man matching the employee's description of Stout standing outside the store's garden center, the Arizona Republic reported.

After parking the vehicle, one officer got out. Police said Stout fired in their direction, striking multiple rounds into their vehicle. The officer in the vehicle got out and fired back, while the other officer fired from inside the vehicle, police said.

The officer's rounds hit Stout and he fell down, the Republic reported. The officers provided medical assistance to Stout. Police said Stout was transferred to a hospital where he was pronounced dead the following morning, FOX 10 reported.

Investigators discovered Stout had been using a handgun that was stolen from a vehicle on Monday morning. Video footage from the officers' body-worn cameras was not immediately available.

No one else was injured during the shooting.

Bradford Betz is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @bradford_betz.

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An Arizona man who fired at police officers after allegedly stealing a bottle of milk from a Walmart store was fatally shot when officers returned fire, authorities said. An employee of the Walmart in Peoria, near Phoenix, had called police around 6 p.m. Monday to report the stolen milk, according to FOX 10 of Phoenix.

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Toxic foam on India's sacred Yamuna river.Its caused by industrial waste.The Ganges and Yamuna are the most polluted rivers in the world.

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The foam is caused by industrial waste.

New York -- The images appear to show a snow-covered river. The reality is that stretches of one of India's most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, are covered with toxic foam caused by industrial waste.

The Yamuna, along with India's holiest river, the Ganges, are considered among the most polluted in the world. Activist Brij Khandelwal once described the Yamuna as "ecologically dead." Sewage from Delhi and other cities, chemical waste from manufacturing plants and pesticide runoff are all part of the problem.

Himanshu Thakkar, an engineer who coordinates the South Asian Network on Dams, Rivers and People, told the Guardian, "There are already 1.5 billion liters of untreated sewage entering the river each day and 500 liters of industrial waste."

Holy rivers are meant to be purifying. Indians perform religious ceremonies, bathe and drink from the 855-mile Yamuna. The river provides three quarters of Delhi's water needs, posing a serious health threat to its 12 million residents and many other Indians who depend on it, according to The Associated Press.

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The foam is caused by industrial waste. New York -- The images appear to show a snow-covered river. The reality is that stretches of one of India's most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, are covered with toxic foam caused by industrial waste. The Yamuna, along with India's holiest river, the Ganges, are considered among the most polluted in the world.