The man, said to be in his early 40’s, was rescued a few hours later as emergency workers repelled down the rock walls of the river… the man was airlifted out of the river basin.
Since 1901 when Annie Edison Taylor, a 63 year old school teacher, became the first known person to survive the falls, 17 other people have replicated the feat… most using a variety of safety equipment... Taylor went over the falls in a wooden barrel designed for the task.