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Technical rescue units stage in the parking lot near Old Anglers Inn on MacArthur Boulevard in Potomac on Sunday, Aug. 31, for rescue of a hiker on Offut Island.

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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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