er. 

A plumber who was on the job in the inner canyon on Saturday, Aug. 29, was with a group of 16 workers and about 50 hikers when the flash flooding came through around 2:30 p.m. He says they were able to make sure everyone in that group was accounted for, and they were airlifted out. However, he is still praying for those who did not make it and who are still out there.

 Just praying for those families. Praying for those people. Hope that they can find them. Very sad to hear about the two people that they found already. But, I hope they can find the other people,  Joey Martin said.

What you can do:

The National Park Service is still asking for the public's help. If anyone knows of hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along the Bright Angel Creek corridor on Saturday, reach out to the National Park Service at 888-653-0009 or nps_isb@nps.gov.

 If you know of hikers/backpackers who were in the Bright Angel Creek corridor Aug. 29-or had a campground reservation there-please contact NPS Investigative Services Branch,  NPS said.  This includes those who may have been on the North Kaibab Trail between the trailhead and Phantom Ranch, at Bright Angel Campground, or in  the Box  north of Phantom Ranch. 

What's next:

Certain areas, trails, and campsites remain closed. The Department of the Interior believes about 40% of the Transcanyon Waterline was damaged or destroyed, which is the pipeline in the park. Stage 4 water restrictions are in place as well.

 That line was battered, bruised, and decimated in certain areas,  Grand Canyon National Park Deputy Superintendent Brian Drapeaux said.  So we will have a full accounting of what that devastation looks like starting tomorrow as we put teams on the ground to do that level of review and assessment. 

Remnants of stone bridge pylons remain along Bright Angel Creek following a flash flood that destroyed the footbridge on August 29. The flooding caused significant damage to infrastructure throughout the canyon. Credit: NPS Photo/J. Thompson

Meanwhile, weather conditions are looking to improve for crews searching the canyon on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

 It has not stopped raining since this happened on and off,  Black said.  It has delayed recovery efforts for the ones we know about and has delayed search to put boots on the ground inside the inner canyon. As it's not safe today, we were under a flash flood warning rain very hard all day. So our weather is looking much better tomorrow. 

Big picture view:

There were some questions regarding staffing cuts that have been made by the Trump administration to the NPS over the past year and a half. Officials during Monday evening's press conference said no emergency workers have been reassigned from the Grand Canyon in the weeks leading up to this flooding.