An Arkansas father made a heartbreaking discovery over the weekend when he found his 13-year-old son dead after a 200-foot fall from a bluff at Buffalo National River, officials said.

The tragedy unfolded on Saturday, Oct. 18, when the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office received a report around 11 a.m. that a 13-year-old boy had fallen from a cliff near Brewer Bluff in the park’s Middle District, according to a Facebook post from Buffalo National River.

Park staff and first responders, including search-and-rescue volunteers, fire crews and Survival Flight, responded to the scene. Members of the Harrison Fire Department rappelled about 260 feet down the bluff as park rangers approached from the river below.

The teenager, later identified as Kayleb Lynn Eddings, was found unresponsive by his

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