A woman was killed when she was swept over Niagara Falls, according to news reports.
Witnesses said the woman appeared to be alive as she approached the brink of the Horseshoe Falls about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, reported CNN affiliate WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York.
The Maid of the Mist, the vessel that takes tourists to the foot of the falls in the Niagara River, dispatched a boat to help her, but she was dead when it reached her, according to the WIVB report.
The woman has not been identified, and her death is under investigation by the Niagara Parks police and Niagara Regional Police, according to a report in the Niagara Gazette. Foul play was not suspected, WIVB reported.
On Monday, two men in a small boat came within 700 feet of the brink of the falls before they were pulled to safety, CNN affiliate WGRZ-TV in Buffalo reported. The motor failed on the men's boat, and the current carried them toward the falls before rescuers were able to hook the craft with a rescue line, according to the report.
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So very sad.
Wow what was she doing how does this happen
You get in the water, its relentless surge carries you away, and over you go. Life is not an amusement park ride. Unfortunate things happen when people do stupid things.
Yeah but why does anyone with even half a functioning brain get in the water near a waterfall? If it's not foul play, then it seems like Darwinism at work here.
@ SoS
She was after me Lucky Charms!
go the american side of the falls and observe how easy it is to slip into the water. once u r in u r dead unless u get VERY LUCKY to get caught on a rock. but could still die of hypothermeria before getting rescued.
Wow! This is LATE, considering this was reported locally YESTERDAY!! It is sad that she passed on like that, but she also should have known better than to be IN the Falls in the first place. We have PLENTY of warnings, around this time each year, and people just like to jump in and swim.
Because it's not really that important on a global scale.
I want to know why she was in the water in the first place. When you say "swept" do you mean like the wind pushed her in?
My dear . . . apparently you have never seen Niagara Falls. Swept, flushed, catapulted.
I HAVE seen the falls and "swept" still deserves further explanation. Arrogance is so unappealing...darling.
Not to mention that "swept to death" is not correct. She was swept over Niagara Falls to her death or she died after being swept over Niagara Falls. But swept to death?
her is implied? wow.
NIAGARA FALLS! Slowly I turn! Step by step! Inch by inch.....
On her way to the Susquehanna Hat Company!!!!
Operator, get me Susquehanna 2222!
Very funny.
This is not unusual. What is unusual is that it's being reported at all. I work in Nia Falls, and it's quite the hotspot for a quick and cheap suicide. Usually, if the facts are unclear, it is not mentioned on the local news.
Yes, it is cheap, quick, and illegal.
How about an up-to-date picture....its currently in he mid 80's here in buffalo and niagara falls....LMAO
Right...lol
That was the first thing I thought too! It was 90 degrees here yesterday. It might snow here about 7 months out of the year, but please, not in June too!
Good post geoz,thank you.
Sorry, but Geoz's post was equally arrogant. Anyone with a command of the English language (or a dictionary) would understand that "swept" in this context means "moved along swiftly, violently, or overwhelmingly."
Those falls are intimidating but beautiful and awesome. Unless you want to die just the sight and sound of the falls will keep you out.
Where was Superman?
Bangin Lois with a kryptonite condom.
One of the funniest articles I ever read was about Superman banging Lois.....and why it could never happen. "Man of steel, woman of kleenex". LOL
The Susquehanna Hat Company !!!!! The Susquehanna Hat Company !!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPEN......... :0)
A rogue wave swept her out of a tourist trap while looking a post cards of barrels that went over the falls.
Taken from the Toronto Sun..."The woman, in her 50s, was swimming in the Niagara River before she was swept into the water below and likely drowned, he said."
Obviously the current pulled her over. I've been to Niagara Falls and the upper part of the river is a dam with an old power plant on the bank. The water has such great currents pulling towards the falls; no one can survive swimming against that current, let alone the gravity of the falls itself and the currents in the lower river.
Too bad CNN could not get that part of the story off the AP wires, would have cleared the article up tremendously.
Aren't there warning signs about swimming near the falls? I mean, I realize that common sense should prevail wheteher there are signs or not. Everyone knows that there are stronger currents near waterfalls. This is Darwinism at work.
SoS- I agree with you.. she was either quite stupid or was using this as the means to end her life. If not, she's SOL. In my life, I have learned very few people are born with or use common sense....
Every year about 25 people kill themselves going over the Falls. It's second only to the Golden Gate Bridge as a scenic suicide destination. Suicide season begins around Memorial Day. Sad, but true. According to a study that was done in the American Journal of Public Health–about 59% of the jumpers are men, 41% women. Average age is 38/39.
Not surprising–and pretty typical.
"Foul play was not suspected." Nope. Just clumsiness.