School nurse helps rescue grandfather who fell during hike at Utah canyon

Ashley Anderson was hiking in with her two kids and her dogs on Memorial Day when she heard yelling.

Ashley Anderson was hiking in with her two kids and her dogs on Memorial Day when she heard yelling.

"I look over and I didn't even know what I was looking at at first," she said. "It took me a second to register that it was a body."

A 64-year-old grandfather had fallen 20 feet down waterfall in Utah's Adams Canyon. Anderson, a school nurse, sprang into action and used her training to help him.

She told NBC affiliate KSL of Salt Lake City that the man had an "obviously broken" leg and that his head was "sliced open and bleeding."

A hiker is airlifted to safety in Utah.Layton City FireWhen Anderson arrived, she and other hikers who had pitched in to help moved him out of the cold water that was covering him. She then began first aid.