Niagara Falls is a pretty huge thing. It’s actually made up of three different waterfalls along the Niagara River– American Falls and Bridal Veil Fall are both on the US side (duh) and Horseshoe Falls is on the Canadian side. There’s a 176 foot drop from top to bottom and on average, 4,000,000 cubic feet of water fall over the cliffs every minute.
For one reason or another, the danger surrounding Niagara Falls is attractive to daredevils. Perhaps one of the more memorable events to occur on the falls took place in 1990 and starred David Copperfield:
(The entire special can be viewed here.)
Obviously this clip was just one part of a multimillion dollar primteimte TV special.
Now get this. Fast forward to October 1st, 1995. A wannabe stuntman by the name of Robert Overcracker tries to hit two birds with one stone. As a way to catapult himself into the stunt industry as well as raise money for the homeless, Mr. Overcracker arranged a stunt where he would ride a jetski off of the falls and safely land via a rocket-propelled parachute.
This, of course is not a particularly smart idea. As it turned out, that rocket powered parachute failed to open, sending Mr. Overcracker over the edge, his body never to be recovered, and raised more awareness for parachutes than for the homeless.
Miraculously, an Egyptian tourist snapped this incredible photo of the events:
Interestingly enough, Mr. Overcracker could have qualified for life insurance payout as a result of this ridiculous stunt too! I’m not sure whther or not he actually received anything, but hot damn, what a way to go.
This post is tagged crazy stuff, Epic Failure, Jetskis, Niagara Falls, Stunts
Dear friend,
The photo for Niagra full was captured by me for Robert Overcracker and that was 1995,
i was in Canada that time for training, so please when you use this photo just refere to me
as it is a copy right for me
Thanks