Is this dude extraordinarily lucky, or extraordinarily unlucky?
A man plunged at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls and survived, becoming only the fourth person known to have gone over without a safety device and live.
Niagara Parks Police say witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a railing at 10:20 a.m. Monday and “deliberately jump” into the Niagara River 20 to 30 feet above the Horseshoe Falls. Authorities believe it was a failed suicide attempt, according to CBS affiliate WIVB in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Charles Sullivan
May 22, 2012 at 12:10 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Unlucky. Assuming he’s not mentally delusional.
blindrobin
May 22, 2012 at 3:16 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
There is no luck, only statistics and he be one, and wette.
embertine
May 22, 2012 at 4:35 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ha, I know what you mean. Last year I got hit by a truck and lots of people told me I was lucky because I wasn’t badly injured. I put it to them that, had I really been lucky, I would probably not have been hit by a truck in the first place.
anon
May 22, 2012 at 9:19 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Unlucky that he found himself in a situation that compelled him to throw himself into the falls, seeing no other option. This sort of thing makes me sad, and I hope he gets help. Lucky that he failed to kill himself, and he’s still around for others to convince him of other options. I hope things get better for him.
jakc
May 22, 2012 at 12:26 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
God was looking out for him …
Anon
May 22, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m going to be positive and go with lucky – He now has a chance to make changes and live a better life. Hopefully he’ll see the whole ordeal as a second chance.
brianwood
May 23, 2012 at 2:53 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Aeschylus: “Count no man lucky until he be dead.”
=8)-DX
May 23, 2012 at 4:32 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Lucky, I mean WOW what an experience!
StevoR
May 23, 2012 at 9:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Bit of both really.
Lucky to survive, unlucky to be feeling suicidal.
Hope he recovers and this becoems a turning point that saves his life in more ways than one.