People Who Have Gone Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

<p>Since 1850, more than 5,000 people have gone over <a title= "Niagara Falls" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls">Niagara Falls</a>, either intentionally (as stunts or <a title="Suicide attempt" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attempt">suicide attempts</a>) or accidentally. The first recorded person to survive going over the falls was school teacher <a title= "Annie Edson Taylor" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Edson_Taylor">Annie Edson Taylor</a>, who in 1901 successfully completed the stunt inside an oak barrel. In the following 121 years, thousands of people have been swept over the falls but only sixteen people have reportedly survived the feat. All instances of people having survived the trip over the falls have been over the Canadian <a title= "Horseshoe Falls" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Falls">Horseshoe Falls</a>. Following the death of one <a title= "Stunt performer" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_performer">daredevil</a> in 1951, stunting at Niagara Falls has been illegal and subject to fines of up to $25,000 <a class="mw-redirect" title="USD" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD">USD</a>.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/citationpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our Patreon page here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  Be sure to check</span> <a href= "http://citationpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more details.</span></p>