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Duty Shift Chief John Gallo, Battalion Chief Tracey Coleman and others confer about Potomac River rescue on Sunday. The hiker died of his injuries on the scene.

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Hiker Dies from Fall while Rock Climbing

Lightning storm delays rescue effort.

On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 31, Rian Avarham Khalder, 25 of Silver Spring, was hiking with his 14-year-old brother along the Potomac River. As Khalder was climbing on rocks on a part of the river just south of Old Angler’s Inn, the rocks broke lose.

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