<Li> 1928--On July 4, Jean Lussier went over the falls in a large ball with a spring steel frame and a rubber covering . </Li> <Li> 1930--On July 4, George Stathakis, a Greek immigrant working as a chef in Buffalo, New York, went over the falls in a barrel . Upon impact, the barrel was stuck behind a curtain of water and could not be recovered for 18 hours . Stathakis had an air supply of up to eight hours--although he had survived the initial fall, he died of suffocation . Stathakis took the plunge with his pet turtle, which was said to be around 150 years old . The turtle survived the ordeal . </Li> <Li> 1951--On August 5, William "Red" Hill, Jr. (son of William "Red" Hill, Sr .) went over the falls in a craft he named "The Thing". The vessel broke apart on impact and Hill was killed; his body was found the following day . </Li> <Li> 1960--On July 9, a seven - year - old American boy named Roger Woodward was swept over the falls . Woodward, his sister Deanne and boat driver James Honeycutt were in a 12 - foot (3.7 m) aluminium fishing boat powered by a 7.5 horsepower (5.6 kW) motor which capsized . Roger, who was wearing a lifejacket and remained buoyant, was rescued by the Maid of the Mist at the bottom of the falls; Deanne was pulled from the river 20 feet (6.1 m) from the lip of the falls by two bystanders--John Hayes and John Quattrochi . Honeycutt died in the accident . </Li>

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