Man Survives Niagra Fall

From the vault:

A man survived a plunge over Horseshoe Falls on March 12^th. He was pretty naked.

Eyewitnesses say they saw the man climb a wall, then leap. Moments later, he was seen clinging to a log. He swam away from rescuers, but was eventually pulled from the icy waters when a helicopter used its blades to blow him closer to shore. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia and a head wound. He was conscious but unable to speak and was listed in critical condition.

Few have ever survived the Falls. Authorities decreed it illegal, as there was a time in which many tried. In 2003, an American tourist survived a leap he later explained as "a spur of the moment act."

© C Harris Lynn, 2009