Coast Guard swimmer pulls body from car above Niagara Falls

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Source: Associated Press

By CAROLYN THOMPSON today

(AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew braved poor visibility and frigid rapids to reach a car partly submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, then lowered a rescue swimmer on a hoist who pulled out the woman trapped inside.

She did not survive.

Video from the harrowing rescue attempt showed Petty Officer 2nd Class Derrian Duryea, in an orange suit and with an axe in his left hand, buffeted by winds and spraying water as he was lowered 80 feet (24 meters) to the car through falling snow. After slowly spinning and swinging past the car, he was able to grab hold on the passenger side and open the door.


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/niagara-falls-b8d81bd517d39856829e33cb2f42140c

[Hortensis]

1. Wow. Heroic rescuers, would have saved her if she'd been alive.

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2. You wonder about the woman's last moments.

Was it the hypothermia or the terror of her situation that killed here? Boggles my mind how a situation like this could develop.