A Car on the Edge of Niagara Falls

Ever since we moved to Buffalo I've been fascinated by the spectacle of Niagara Falls. It's not that I like going up there every chance I get but my interest has been more of what is consistently reported in the newspapers and television stations about events that happen that are particular to the Falls.

The thing that I found so weird was all the suicide activity. There was always someone going over Niagara Falls. Sometimes in was a daredevil stunt but most of the time it was someone trying to kill themselves spectacularly. So for over 40 years now I've always seemed to notice when there was something going on at the falls but the events this week with the car going over the falls was something new.

Apparently a woman purposefully drove her car into the water at Goat Island above the falls. The car was stuck on the brink of the falls for several days. Finally the Coast Guard made a rescue attempt and lowered an officer from a hovering helicopter but they found a dead body in the car. The rescue attempt was perilous because of the icy high winds on the river. The car went over the falls a couple of days later and hasn't been seen since.