Sunday, October 24, 2010

Niagara Falls in a barrel

Annie Taylor holds the distinction of being the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. On October 24, 1901, the 63-year old school teacher was strapped into a wooden barrel and dropped into the Niagara River. Taylor emerged from her barrel 17 minutes after the plunge over the Falls, dazed but triumphant.
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