MUNISING — The National Park Service has now determined the death of a California woman who fell from a cliff along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Wednesday was accidental, according to the National Park Service. 
 
 Tu Thanh Nguyen, 32, of Sunnyvale, California, was hiking by herself on the North Country trail when she stopped about a half-mile east of Grand Portal Point to take photos of herself when she fell around 200 feet from the cliff’s edge into Lake Superior, according to a park service official. 
 
 The fall was witnessed around 1:30 p.m. by two kayakers who retrieved her and brought her to shore, near Chapel Beach. 
 
 A local kayak company then radioed emergency services for assistance, according to the park service. 
 
 Joe Hughes, chief ranger for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene by Alger County paramedics. Her family has since been notified. 
 
 The park service, Alger County Sheriff’s Office, Alger County EMS, and the U.S. Coast Guard personnel responded to the incident in a “coordinated recovery effort,” according to a release from the park service. 

 UPDATE, Thursday, Sept. 20, 3:41 p.m. 
 
 A California woman who died after falling at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has been identified. 
 
 32-year-old Tu Thanh Nguyen from Sunnyvale, California, slipped and fell to her death in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. 
 
 Nguyen was hiking by herself on the North Country Trail and she stopped about a half-mile east of Grand Portal Point to take pictures of herself, when she fell about 200 feet off the cliff edge to Lake Superior. 
 
 The fall was witnessed by two kayakers who were able to retrieve her and bring her to shore near Chapel Beach. A local kayak company radioed for emergency services for assistance. 
 
 National Park Service, Alger County Sheriff’s Office, Alger County EMS, and the U.S. Coast Guard personnel responded in a coordinated recovery effort. 
 
 Nguyen’s family has been notified. 
 
 The fatality is considered an accident. 
 
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 ORIGINAL STORY: 
 
 A California woman is dead after falling at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. 
 
 According to the National Park Service, park rangers responded to a report of a potentially deceased person at Chapel Beach around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. 
 
 Upon arriving on the scene, park rangers, along with Alger County paramedics, confirmed that a 32-year-old California woman died as the result of a fall. 
 
 National Park Service officers are investigating. No further information is being released. 
 

– What should have been a day of hiking with awe-inspiring views turned tragic in Michigan Wednesday when a woman fell to her death into Lake Superior. WLUC reports 32-year-old Tu Thanh Nguyen, from Sunnyvale, Calif., was traversing the trails along the cliffs of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore by herself when she decided to stop to snap a few selfies. She apparently got too close to the edge of the 200-foot-high cliff she was perched on and plummeted over the side, into the water below. Two kayakers saw Nguyen fall and rushed to retrieve her, and once back on shore, a kayak company called for help. The Detroit Free Press cites Michigan State University data that shows the lake would've been a chilly 45 degrees when Nguyen fell in. A park ranger tells the Marquette Mining Journal she was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The National Park Service has deemed her death an accident. (An Israeli teen recently fell to his death taking a selfie in Yosemite.)