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Experienced Whitewater Rafter, Aaron Benjamin, Died in the Grand Canyon

Outside Online NM

Feb 24, 2026

An Idaho man died in mid-February after an accident on one of the Grand Canyon's most technical stretches of whitewater. Aaron Benjamin, 30, drowned on February 19 while solo-capta…

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Experienced Whitewater Rafter, Aaron Benjamin, Died in the Grand Canyon

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