Niagara Falls - Over The Falls

Over The Falls

See also: List of objects that have gone over Niagara Falls

In October 1829, Sam Patch, who called himself "the Yankee Leapster", jumped from a high tower into the gorge below the falls and survived; this began a long tradition of daredevils trying to go over the falls.

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    “Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
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    —Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847)