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Tightrope Walker Gets OK
to Cross Niagara Falls

Feb 16, 2012 11:08 AM CST

Tightrope Walker Gets OK to Cross Niagara Falls

Nik Wallenda will walk from US to Canada on the high wire

(Newser) - It's official: Nik Wallenda will walk a tightrope from the United States to Canada … over Niagara Falls. The stunt was finally approved by the Ontario Parks Commission after commissioners initially denied the request over concerns about cost, safety, and the beauty of the falls, WIVB reports. "To...

Woman's Body Pulled
From Niagara River

Aug 19, 2011 7:05 AM CDT

Woman's Body Pulled From Niagara River

No word yet on whether it is student who went over

(Newser) - The search for a woman swept over Niagara Falls initially turned up a man's body —but now a woman's has been found. No word yet from the AP whether the body belongs to the 19-year-old Japanese student authorities are looking for, but it has been taken for...

Niagara Falls
Search for Woman
Turns Up Man's Body

Aug 16, 2011 9:24 AM CDT

Niagara Falls Search for Woman Turns Up Man's Body

Japanese student's body still hasn't been found

(Newser) - An odd footnote to the sad tale of the 19-year-old student swept over Niagara Falls on Sunday. An international search team dispatched in a helicopter to look for her body in Niagara Falls Gorge instead turned up the body of an unknown male. Authorities are working to identify him, reports...

Woman Tumbles
Over Niagara Falls

Aug 15, 2011 11:28 AM CDT

Woman Tumbles Over Niagara Falls

She's missing, presumed dead

(Newser) - A woman fell into the Niagara River and was swept over the falls last night after climbing onto a railing while taking pictures with a friend. Emergency crews are still searching for her today, but she is presumed dead, the Toronto Star reports. The woman, who was in her 20s,...

Michigan Woman Lindsey Burgess Survives Plunge Into Niagara Falls Rapids

Woman Survives Fall
Into Niagara Rapids

Jul 21, 2011 4:04 PM CDT

Woman Survives Fall Into Niagara Rapids

Tour boat spotted her and pulled her out

(Newser) - This week has brought water tourism disasters at Yosemite and Maui , but finally we've got a happy ending to a similar tale: A 30-year-old Michigan woman survived a fall into the rapids below Niagara Falls, reports KSDK-TV . Lindsey Burgess fell in while hiking with her fiance, and she got...

Woman Dies in Apparent Suicide Plunge Over Niagara Falls

Woman Dies in Plunge
Over Niagara Falls

Jun 2, 2011 8:05 AM CDT

Woman Dies in Plunge Over Niagara Falls

Witness reports indicate it may have been suicide

(Newser) - A 51-year-old woman was swept over Niagara Falls and died Tuesday, in what may have been a suicide. About 30 witnesses saw the Canadian woman floating by them, "with her eyes closed" but apparently alive, at about 4:30pm, one tells the Toronto Sun . Then "she went past...

The World's Best Waterfalls

Apr 18, 2009 11:41 AM CDT

The World's Best Waterfalls

(Newser) - Waterfalls are a prime tourist destination, and for good reason. Travel + Leisure runs down a list of the “world’s most spectacular,” but check before you go. Visit in the wrong season and you’ll see just a trickle. And dams can turn off the spectacle in...

Man Survives Plunge
Over Niagara Falls

Mar 11, 2009 8:01 PM CDT

Man Survives Plunge Over Niagara Falls

(Newser) - A man in his late 30s survived a plunge over the Niagara Falls today, the Buffalo News reports. The man jumped into the rapids of the Niagara River, got swept over the 167-foot falls, and somehow stayed afloat in the frigid water below for 40 minutes until being rescued. He...