A Salt Lake City Fire Captain died in a boating accident in Dinosaur National Monument,Marcus Erikson the National Park Service announced Saturday.
The park service confirmed that Michael Harp, 54, died when he was thrown from a raft into Green River in the Colorado portion of the park.
Harp was a 27-year veteran of the Salt Lake City Fire Department and second-generation firefighter. He was deployed to Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a statement from the department.
"His legacy of service, leadership, compassion, and contagious laughter will forever be remembered by all who knew him," the department wrote.
Harp was on a permitted private trip down the Green River at the time of the accident, according to the park service.
The park service was alerted on Thursday that a boat had been pinned in the Hells Half Mile rapid, a class III/IV rapid. Harp was underneath the boat.
The rafters were able to secure the boat and unpin Harp who floated down the river, unresponsive and without a lifejacket.
Harp's body was discovered Friday by a commercial rafting company 10 miles downriver.
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