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bigtree

(86,008 posts) Wed Dec 8, 2021, 03:30 PM Dec 2021

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Holy Crap!! Car in water yards away from Niagara Falls...

...woman did not survive, unfortunately.

FOX Carolina News @foxcarolinanews 33m
A Coast Guard diver lowed from the sky Wednesday braved frigid rapids to get to a car submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, only to find it was too late to rescue the driver trapped inside.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs @NickAtNews 14m
A woman is rescued from a car that was in frigid water and dangerously close to the top of a Niagara Falls waterfall:

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Holy Crap!! Car in water yards away from Niagara Falls... (Original Post) bigtree Dec 2021 OP

Why.....was she in the river? Bayard Dec 2021 #1

They don't know for sure, but stated the roads were slippery. nt Gore1FL Dec 2021 #3

She died: demmiblue Dec 2021 #2

That reminds me of this rescue in Des Moines. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #4

Bayard

(22,174 posts)

1. Why.....was she in the river?

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 04:13 PM

Dec 2021

Gore1FL

(21,155 posts)

3. They don't know for sure, but stated the roads were slippery. nt

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 04:23 PM

Dec 2021

demmiblue

(36,899 posts)

2. She died:

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 04:21 PM

Dec 2021

https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/12/woman-dead-after-vehicle-plunges-into-river-100-feet-from-niagara-falls.html

rsdsharp

(9,208 posts)

4. That reminds me of this rescue in Des Moines.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 05:13 PM

Dec 2021

https://m.

I could see that dam from my office window while sitting at my desk.

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