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The first recorded person to survive going over the falls was school teacher Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 successfully completed the stunt inside an oak barrel. In the following 124 years, thousands of people have been swept over the falls but only sixteen people have reportedly survived the feat.
Kirk Raymond Jones (1962 or 1963 – c. April 19, 2017) was an American who became the first person to survive going over Horseshoe Falls, the largest waterfall of Niagara Falls, without safety equipment, in 2003. He then went over Niagara Falls again in 2017 with a plastic ball and died.
First person to go over Niagara Falls intentionally and survive Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. [ 1 ]
This category includes people who went over the falls, in at least one case, unintentionally. Pages in category "People who went over Niagara Falls" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The view of the Niagara Falls from New York on Oct. 29, 2019. AP. Tourists gather at Terrapin Point on Goat Island to view the falls on June 15, 2017. AFP via Getty Images.
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Steven Trotter (November 13, 1960 – October 14, 2022) was an American daredevil who at age 24 became the youngest person to have gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He was one of a few people to perform the stunt twice. He also performed other illegal stunts. [2] [3] He died unexpectedly in 2022. [1]
Officials on Sunday released the name of a pilot who died in a skydiving flight after her passengers jumped from the aircraft near the Niagara Falls. Melanie Georger, 26, was the only person on ...