Mar 9, 2022
Since 1850, more than 5,000 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 121 years, thousands of people have
been swept over the falls but only sixteen people have reportedly
survived the feat. All instances of people having survived the trip
over the falls have been over the Canadian Horseshoe
Falls. Following the death of one daredevil in
1951, stunting at Niagara Falls has been illegal and subject to
fines of up to $25,000 USD.
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