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Grand Canyon Is First National Park In Country to Get, Use Fleet Of Drones

When two hikers recently went missing at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, officials deployed drones to try to find them.

The park has a fleet of four unmanned aerial systems.

With me to talk about this is Matt Vandzura, chief ranger at Grand Canyon National Park.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.