Man miraculously survives 180-foot fall over Niagara Falls after climbing retaining wall and jumping in, as rescuers find him sat on a rock at the bottom at 4am
- Niagara Parks Police Service received reports of a man ‘in crisis’ near Horseshoe Falls – the largest of Niagara Falls’ three cascades – on Tuesday around 4am
- First responders saw the man climb the retaining wall then jump into the river
- He was seen falling over the 188-foot drop of Horseshoe Falls
- Authorities then found him sitting on the rocks at the edge of the lower Niagara River below the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform
- He was rescued and hospitalized for his non-life threatening injuries
A man has miraculously survived falling over a Niagara Falls waterfall early Tuesday morning, emerging from the water with non-life threatening injuries.
Canada’s Niagara Parks Police in Ontario said that a man ‘in crisis’ was swept over the Horseshoe Falls on Tuesday around 4am.
The man was seen climbing the retaining wall, jumping into the river and sweeping over the falls into the 188-foot drop below.
First responders then searched the lower Niagara River and found the man sitting on the rocks at the water’s edge below the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform.
Niagara Parks Police Service received reports of a man ‘in crisis’ near Horseshoe Falls – the largest of Niagara Falls’ three cascades – on Tuesday around 4am. An aerial view of Horseshoe Falls above
The man was seen climbing the retaining wall, jumping into the river and sweeping over the falls into the 188-foot drop below
First responders transferred him to a hospital for his non-life threatening injuries
He was rescued and taken to a hospital for treatment to his non-life threatening injuries.
Officials did not release the male’s identity, citing privacy laws.
The Horseshoe Falls in Canada drops an average of 188 feet into the Lower Niagara River and is 2,200 feet wide, according to Ontario’s Niagara Parks. The plunge pool beneath the falls measures 100 feet deep.
The man not only endured the dramatic fall, but he would have been rushed down the falls in powerful currents that reach 25mph.
First responders then searched the lower Niagara River and found the man sitting on the rocks at the water’s edge below the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform (the platform visible on the right)
The Journey Behind the Falls observation platform entrance pictured above with Horseshoe Falls on the left
The incident coincidentally took place on the 59th anniversary of the first plunge of Horseshoe Falls that wasn’t in a barrel.
On July 9, 1960, seven-year-old Roger Woodward of Niagara Falls, New York, survived being swept over Horseshoe falls protected just by a life vest following a boating accident.
Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the New York, Canada border. Horseshoe Falls is the largest, followed by American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.