Posted on 12/08/2021 7:04:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
Video showed Duryea, in an orange suit and with an axe in his left hand, buffeted by winds and spraying water as he was lowered toward the car through falling snow. After slowly spinning and swinging past the car, he was able to grab hold on the passenger side, open the door and disappear inside.
About two minutes later, with water surging around the vehicle and over the precipice about 50 yards (meters) downstream, Duryea emerged and signaled to the helicopter, which then hoisted him and the motionless driver from the water.
It was unclear how the car got into the Niagara River. Witnesses reported seeing it floating near a pedestrian bridge, where it was believed to have gone in. Roads in the area were slippery amid the light snow.
Authorities said the woman lived in the area. Her name was not released pending notification of her relatives.
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Duryea has nerves of steel.
I cannot fathom how that car did not go over the Falls. The force of the water that close to the edge is unbelievable. I have been to the Falls many times and it is very powerful there.
The guy doing the rescuing must have been praying a mile a minute. I’m impressed that he was able to get the bodies you and not have them swept away over the edge of the Falls.
Sad to see she was already deceased.
Now that is a hero
Several ships I have been on have had to use the services of the Coast Guard rescue swimmers. They are pretty incredible.
The movie The Guardian would give a person a good idea.
There are other service and civilian rescue groups that are also pretty incredible.
“Sad to see she was already deceased.”
Thanks. Now I know why the video ends as it did.
That guy was not going to give up until the woman had been rescued or proved dead. Or he drowned.
The oppressive patriarchy in action.
That is a guy who really is a hero. Thankfully for the human race there are men (and women) out there like this but how they can be so brave is just incredible to me.
interesting day...
I once met a rescue swimmer who did one of the hairy rescues portrayed in The Perfect Storm.
A buddy of mine is a retired Navy rescue swimmer. He’s got some stories.
Bad ass and the utmost expression of love...
The guy who did body work on my truck was a rescue swimmer for the Navy. He had a pretty unusual career until Katrina...
Wonder if she died of a heart attack, stroke or aneurysm prior to the car entering the water upriver...or if she drowned after she entered the water. The autopsy ought to find the answer.
She will be declared to have died of COVID and the rescuer hero will be vilified for not having been vaxed.
The autopsy is liable to proclaim that she died of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 regardless of what the actual autopsy determines. 😋
LOL!! Ain't that the truth.
Just in case, I am not making light of this poor woman's death. Just a reflection of the times we are living in currently.
No problem. My family handled death with levity. When my sister was dying of lung cancer in hospice care, she woke up one morning, and asked if her name was in the newspaper yet.
Just the other day, I was visiting a cousin in Lockport, NY. We were in a T.J. Maxx, and I was looking at jigsaw puzzles they had on a table. I picked up one that featured Elizabeth's Tower at Westminster Palace, and said out loud: "1,000 pieces???" A young guy was on the other side of the table, and he said: "Who has time for stuff like that??" I replied: "I do...I'm retired. But the issue is, will I live long enough to be able to finish it," and he said: "Wow...that's dark." I said in reply: "Well, when at 74, you've lived longer than anyone else in your family, you kind of think along those lines." He said: "That's really dark." Young people don't like to think about death. My two sons in their 50's, hate it when I bring the subject up, but hey! it's inevitable. I won't be around forever.
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