Page "Niagara Falls" Paragraph 54

In the " Miracle at Niagara ", Roger Woodward, a seven-year-old American boy, was swept over the Horseshoe Falls protected only by a life vest on July 9, 1960, as two tourists pulled his 17-year-old sister Deanne from the river only 20 feet ( 6 m ) from the lip of the Horseshoe Falls at Goat Island.

Minutes later, Woodward was plucked from the roiling plunge pool beneath the Horseshoe Falls after grabbing a life ring thrown to him by the crew of the Maid of the Mist boat.