Girl dies trying to save her sister from waterfall accident
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more than 40 agencies including forest services and multiple volunteer fire departments aided in the search for the girls body1 a teenage girl has sacrificed her life to save her younger sister from falling down a north carolina waterfall in the united states u.s. during the july 4 holiday1 she tried to help her younger sister get out of the river but fell down the waterfall1 an older family member managed to grab the other girl a u.s. forest service spokeswoman said1 multiple news outlets reported the fall occurred around noon1 hmoney siu 16 of charlotte and her sister 11 had fallen into a river 120 to 150 feet above rainbow falls in transylvania county a u.s. forest service spokeswoman said1 about 100 people were evacuated from the river below the falls during the search1 divers recovered the body around 5 p.m. from a pool about 25 feet deep1 sius accident marks the sixth waterfall-related death in western north carolina this year1 safety officials have urged visitors and hikers to exercise caution around the dangerous falls1 rainbow falls are about 150 miles from sius familys home in charlotte. they are originally from vietnam1