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Hamza Benhilal, 33, and Khaled El Gamal, 28,\u00a0were visiting Banff National Park in Calgary, Canada, on Thursday, June 19<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
During their visit, the cliff they were on gave way and formed a rockslide that headed for the two hikers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Benhilal saw the falling boulders and warned El Gamal to run, but Benhilal died due to the natural disaster<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Two friends were visiting Canada’s Banff National Park on June 19, when they encountered a dangerous rockslide that killed one of them.<\/p>\n
Hamza Benhilal, 33, and his friend Khaled El Gamal, 28, were on the Bow Glacier Falls hiking trail at the national park in Calgary when the side of the cliff collapsed around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19. Benhilal was killed in the accident.<\/p>\n
Benhilal, originally from Morocco, and El Gamal, originally from Egypt, heard a loud sound, which El Gamal said sounded like a thunderstorm. He then turned around to look at the source of the sound and saw a large boulder fall from the mountain and then shatter into pieces.<\/p>\n
\u201cI froze like a deer in headlights,\u201d El Gamal told the Canadian Press<\/a>, adding that he was snapped out of his trance when Benhilal screamed at him to run. \u201cHe saved me by screaming.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe did scream out loud, telling me to run, run, run. And that\u2019s what helped me get back on to my senses and start running, because I was in shock. It seemed like a movie scene, just seeing rocks coming from the side,\u201d El Gamal told CTV News<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t for him, I would have just stood my ground there in shock as I froze. I don\u2019t know, my mind just disengaged at that moment,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd he screamed and told me to run, run, run. And then, I survived.\u201d<\/p>\n El Gamal was able to outrun the rockslide but lost sight of his friend doing so.<\/p>\n \u201cThe rocks obviously were so fast, they were falling,\u201d he told CTV. \u201cSo, they hit my legs and I fell to the ground. And then all I remember is I hid my head, I covered my head with my arms, just kept my back towards the rocks and just kept suffering the rock falls. Rock after rock was hitting my back.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was bleeding and looking around,\u201d El Gamal told the Canadian Press. \u201cI was soaked in blood and barely managing myself,\u201d he said, noting that he also vomited a few times. \u201cIt was the most painful experience I\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n El Gamal suffered non-critical injuries, including fractures to his scapula and pelvis, as well as cuts and tears to his face, shoulder, back, legs and feet.<\/p>\n El Gamal walked off the trail to find help for his friend, but he soon realized no one could locate Benhilal. \u201cI kept telling them, my friend, where\u2019s my friend? And nobody was able to locate him. Nobody was able to see him. We did not know what happened until we were told he was found under the rubble there,\u201d he told CTV News.<\/p>\n