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Thousands of people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. 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 123 years, thousands of people have been ...
Many people have lost their lives at the falls, including suicides, accidents and stunts. An estimated 5,000 bodies were found at the foot of the falls between 1850 and 2011. On average, between 20 and 30 people die going over the falls each year.
Over the years, people have gone down Niagara Falls in a wide variety of contraptions: wooden barrels, a rubber ball, a kayak, even a Jet Ski. But the most impressive descent took place on July 9, 1960, when seven-year-old Roger Woodward went over the Falls wearing little more than a life jacket.
Perhaps one of the most miraculous stories ever told took place at Niagara Falls on Saturday afternoon, July 9,1960. A man from Niagara Falls, New York took two children for a boat ride in the upper Niagara River.
Thousands of people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. 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.
The first Canadian to conquer the Falls was Karel Soucek. Karel survived the plunge, but later that year Karel was killed while recreating the drop from a platform inside the Houston Astrodome. (Karel’s barrel hit the edge of the water tank) August 18th 1985.
In the past nine years, three people have miraculously survived the plunge over Niagara Falls — the only three in modern history known to live without a safety device.
Reporters call on anniversaries or when Niagara Falls is in the headlines, like in 2003 when a Michigan auto parts salesman survived an attempted suicide and in March 2009 when a suicidal Canadian man survived. Until them, Woodward was the only person known to have survived an unprotected plunge.
In October 1829, Sam Patch, known as the Yankee Leaper, survived jumping down the 175-foot Horseshoe Falls of the Niagara River, on the Canadian side of the border, without anything on...
Below are some of the people who narrowly escaped death after attempting to go over the Niagara Falls. On March 10, 2009, an unnamed man attempted suicide by jumping over the Niagara Falls. Fortunately, he survived the plunge but suffered a laceration to the head and shock, and his clothes were ripped off his body.