News brief: Body of fall victim recovered near Paradise

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 59-year-old Florida man taking pictures with his son in Mount Rainier National Park fell from a cliff above Christine Falls; his body was recovered yesterday, according to authorities from the park.

Roger A. Wagner fell about 40 feet around 7:15 p.m. on Monday, but it was too dark to get to him at that time, park spokesperson Kevin Bacher said.

The Ocala, Florida man’s body was recovered yesterday morning from where it had been swept about 100 yards downstream, Bacher said.

Christine Falls is off the Comet Falls trail near Paradise in the south central portion of the park.

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