Grand Canyon National Park uses drones to search for hikers for the first time

Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park understand search and rescue is part of the job. They ran 293 such operations last year. But none of those used drones in an attempt to find missing hikers.
Park officials sent drones into the air above and inside the canyon this past week for the first time in an attempt to find LouAnn Merrell and her step grandson Jackson Standefer. They disappeared earlier this month while crossing a creek on a hike with family members, according to the Associated Press.