Annie Edson Taylor
ANNIE EDSON TAYLOR
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On the 24th October 1901, 63-year-old schoolteacher, Annie Edson Taylor, becomes the first woman to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls, in a barrel.
Annie chose to take the ride on her birthday, and claimed she was in her 40s, but genealogical records later showed she was 63.
With the help of two assistants, Annie strapped herself into a leather harness inside a custom made wooden pickle barrel.
With cushions lining the barrel to break her fall, Annie was towed by a small boat, into the middle of the fast-flowing Niagara River, and cut loose.
Knocked violently from side to side by the rapids, and then propelled over the edge of Horseshoe Falls, Annie reached the shore alive, if a bit battered, around 20 minutes after her journey began.
Annie inspired a number of copy-cat daredevils.
Between 1901 and 1995, 15 people went over the falls; 10 of them survived.
No matter the method, going over Niagara Falls is illegal, and survivors face charges and stiff fines, on either side of the border.
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