Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

Two members of a Swiss mountain climbing team, who arrived in Grand Canyon, Arizona to assist in recovering bodies of victims of a UAL plane crash in this canyon on June 30, are handed a coil of rope by Spc/3 Robert Lee as they leave by helicopter for the wreck scene, July 6, 1956. From left are Lee, Anton Spinas, who will direct the team, and Max Stampfli, Swiss pilot.

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Two members of a Swiss mountain climbing team, who arrived in Grand Canyon, Arizona to assist in recovering bodies of victims of a UAL plane crash in this canyon on June 30, are handed a coil of rope by Spc/3 Robert Lee as they leave by helicopter for the wreck scene, July 6, 1956. From left are Lee, Anton Spinas, who will direct the team, and Max Stampfli, Swiss pilot.