Man survives suicide jump over Niagara falls!

[cheapmeister]

http://i.thestar.com/images/a5/62/92d692484f858f0c0cede61503bd.jpg


Shocked witnesses told police the man jumped into the water from a wall above the Horseshoe Falls, plunging some 50 metres. He is the third person to survive the plummet without safety gear.

Orescanin said the man swam to the shore from the Niagara River — a tumultuous stretch of water riddled with whirlpools.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1181797--man-rescued-after-falling-into-water-below-niagara-falls?bn=1#article


Suicide fail by the jumper. I wonder what it must have felt like going of the falls, and hitting the bottom with tonnes of water falling on your head. So will he have to pay a fine for this or no? Assuming he is Canadian, ohip will pay for his rescue efforts and hospital bill. He could have just continued down the river and gotten it over with. Also do you think they should build a higher wall to prevent jumping over the falls? The current wall/railing is very low and anyone can just leap over that thing with little effort if they desired.

[stuntman]

“He did go over the falls and his injuries are in line with that,” said Niagara Falls fire department platoon chief Dan Orescanin.

I thought injuries from going over the falls meant death not swimming to shore.

[djemzine]

Dang. Kudos to him for sure.

[ippon]

was at the falls today and saw that the section was blocked off and a bunch of people were watching. was wondering what it was.

[pchi]

If he really wanted to die, why did he swim to shore? I guess he chicken out last minute.

[cheapmeister]

I bet they have a lot of jumpers at night time when nobody sees them go over, and no body is found. Must me dozens of bodies at the bottom of the falls.

[007craft]

He hated his life. Nothing unique about him. So he decides to kill himself. Jumps over Niagara falls, realizes he survived, swims to shore, knowing how awesome he is for surviving, wants to live again.

[pete_rfd]

It seems the falls aren't as dangerous as everyone makes out them to be.

[vaportech]

It seems the falls aren't as dangerous as everyone makes out them to be.

No it is pretty dangerous.

Very lucky of him to survive that.

Just think about all the force that was applied to the body when he hit water and afterwords all the water hitting on top of him.

That's a lot of force.

[kennyhohoho]

You know you've truly failed at life when you also fail at suicide. :facepalm:

[UrbanPoet]

It seems the falls aren't as dangerous as everyone makes out them to be.

Its possible. Some people even survive gun shots to the head.

edit: although slim!

But I can imagine there are ways to survive a fall... Maybe the wind blew him to the softer part of the water.
Maybe its a sign... For him to start living.

[daikman]

you know you've truly failed at life when you also fail at suicide. :facepalm:

x2

[appleb]

While people have survived going over the horseshoe, I don't think anyone has survived falling off the American side of the falls. It looks even more dangerous on that side with all the rocks and stuff.

[RenegadeX]

It seems the falls aren't as dangerous as everyone makes out them to be.My first thought when I saw this on the news Sunday night was, "Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda can't be too happy about this."

Wallenda is scheduled to perform a "death-defying" tightrope walk over the falls on June 15th.
Perhaps it's not so "death-defying" after all?

By coincidence, a few minutes ago I happened to see this new (May 22nd) news article:
"Wallenda to Be Tethered to Niagara Falls Tightrope - ABC News" [Source (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/wallenda-tethered-niagara-falls-tightrope-16398593#.T7uy_lKXvWg)]

Daredevil Nik Wallenda says he's not happy about it but he'll probably be tethered to the tightrope that he plans to walk over Niagara Falls next month.

Wallenda said Monday that ABC is adamant about making him wear the safety device out of consideration for viewers who tune in to the network's three-hour, prime-time special on June 15.

(continued..)Thanks ABC, no need to waste 3 hours of my life watching your broadcast.

[mrperfect]

Must have been a hell of a sight from the top. My condolences to her family.. Atleast she died loving what she wanted to do..

RIP

[appleb]

Must have been a hell of a sight from the top. My condolences to her family.. Atleast she died loving what she wanted to do..

RIP

lol i think you posted in the wrong thread.

[sandikosh]

Once a loser, always a loser. He failed in trying to live a life and failed in trying to lose it.

[squall458]

Once a loser, always a loser. He failed in trying to live a life and failed in trying to lose it.

Easy to judge behind a computer. We dont know what kind of pain he was trying to escape.

[cheapmeister]

Well he can try it again if he wants to. Many suicidal peeps will try again if they fail the first attempt :cry:.

[cheapmeister]

Since 2003, more than 70 people are believed to have died in suicides or accidents over the falls, including Japanese student Ayano Tokumasu, who slipped over a guardrail last year. In the latest incident, on Tuesday morning, a man plunged over the American falls and died in a suspected suicide.

So only today another suicide happened at the falls?


Jones said his fall was like being “in a giant tunnel going straight down, surrounded by water.” He said he hit the plunge pool beneath the falls very hard but was pushed out by the current to nearby rocks, where he was able to climb ashore. He was fined $3,000 and ordered to reimburse the Journey Behind the Falls attraction $1,408 for money lost while closed during the rescue.

Too bad he didn't videotape his fall to show us what it looked like.


During the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of suicide and accident victims plunged over the 52-metre world-famous cataract and none were known to have survived. Even three of the first six daredevils in protective barrels perished.

This is a lot of deaths at the falls.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1182479--how-did-these-people-survive-a-plunge-over-niagara-falls?bn=1


I could only imagine how many cats and dogs have been thrown over the falls too. I mean so many peeps doing the animal cruelty thing, its really sad.

[Powder + park raider]

governments should set up suicide booths. let people who wanna suicide come in and take their organs, then sell them to help pay off national debt.