VICTORIA
FALLS
—
The
body
of
an
American
tourist
believed
to
have
slipped
and
fallen
into
the
108-metre-deep
Victoria
Falls
gorge
on
Monday
has
been
recovered.
A
joint
team
of
Zimbabwean
and
Zambian
police
officers
carried
out
the
recovery
operation
on
Wednesday
after
the
body
was
spotted
lodged
between
rocks
in
the
gorge
late
on
Tuesday.
The
alarm
was
raised
by
a
Victoria
Falls
lodge
on
Tuesday
when
one
of
its
guests
–
an
American
citizen
–
failed
to
return
after
crossing
the
Victoria
Falls
Bridge
into
Zambia.
Search
efforts
intensified
after
the
body
was
sighted
in
the
gorge,
prompting
authorities
to
shift
from
a
rescue
mission
to
a
recovery
operation.
Police
divers,
secured
with
ropes,
made
the
hazardous
descent
into
the
gorge
and
placed
the
body
on
a
stretcher,
which
was
then
hauled
to
the
surface
after
several
hours.
Zambian
police
later
positively
identified
the
body
as
that
of
the
missing
American
tourist,
who
has
not
been
named.
Investigations
into
the
tourist’s
death
are
continuing.