MONTOUR FALLS, SCHUYLER COUNTY (AP) -- Authorities say they've recovered the body of a 20-year-old man who he fell more than 100 feet into an upstate New York gorge while hiking with friends.
Officials in Schuyler County haven't confirmed the death, but they've told local media outlets that a rescue effort launched Wednesday turned into a "recovery" mission later that night.
A local fire chief said the body would be taken to Schuyler Hospital.
Friends of the man say he was taking a picture in Havana Glen Park around 6 p.m. Wednesday when he fell over a handrail and plunged into the gorge.
The county sheriff's office says no other information is being released Thursday morning.
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