An American tourist survived the crater of Mount Vesuvius, the famous Italian volcano, when he struggled to take his phone, the Washington Post said in a report. The incident occurred on Saturday, when he was 23 years old was climbing a volcano with his family, the outlet said. The family has taken a forbidden trail, Police Naples told local media.
The man was identified by NBC News as Philip Carroll.
The post said when men and their families reach the top of a 4,000 feet volcano, they decided to celebrate the opportunity by clicking Selfie. When clicking on selfies, the phone is separated from his hand and falls into the crater.
He then went down to the crater in an effort to get his phone back, but fell a few meters after losing balance, said Wali in his report.
Local guide, after seeing Mr. Carroll falling into the crater, rushed to the scene. They descended steep cliffs to pull the man out. The police, who also arrived at the scene, mobilized the helicopter to assist in rescue operations.
“This morning a tourist for reasons that still had to be determined … with his family, they wandered on the forbidden road, arrived at the edge of the crater and fell into the mouth of #Vesuvius,” Gennaro Lametta, a government tourism official, said on Facebook, according to Google Translation of the post in Italian.
Mr. Carroll suffered minor injuries to his arms and back.
Tourists and family members have been charged with local police because of public land invasion, Wali said in his report. The group, who reportedly wandered to a volcano without tickets, took a clear road marked as prohibited because it was very dangerous, he added.