Aug 13, 1997 12:04 PM

11 Hikers Missing

Eleven hikers were missing after heavy rains unleashed a wall of water in a northern Arizona canyon. A guide leading a trek through the area was rescued, but there was no sign of the five people he was accompanying or half a dozen others known to be nearby.

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