Fourth of July my cousin went overboard right underneath the Peace Bridge he was found three days later washed ashore at Beaver Island this was in 1986 I believe the current is no joke
Yeah it's the strength of the current and trying to swim to shore can tire you out quickly. It doesn't "suck people under" per se, it just tires them out.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the water is not just flowing horizontally there are eddies and backflows where its moving up and down due to rocks on the bottom that you cant see it absolutely WILL pull you down faster than you can swim up
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 there are videos of people being pulled under in this river. The currents are extremely strong, you’re arguing semantics.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the water is not just flowing horizontally there are eddies and backflows where its moving up and down due to rocks on the bottom that you cant see it absolutely WILL pull you down faster than you can swim up
@@kenwittlief255 Sure, if you are in a powerful hydraulic in some rapids, but not in a little alcove where a bunch of wood is just sitting there. There isn't enough power to "pull" you down. Total horseshit. They are just trying to keep people from getting in trouble in faster water.
Damn the river close to where I live kills several people a year & it’s current isn’t even close to how strong as this one holy hell... The scariest part was how deceptively calm this river looked & how two grown men died in broad daylight... Very, very sad & tragic...
The man who jumped into fetch the log clearly couldn't swim. Then when his buddy jumped in to save him, he dragged him under. While the currents are swift out in the main stretch of river, they were in a little alcove with no currents.
yeah its plain as day the water is ridiculously fast. Throw in walls and a bridge and you have that powerful current flowing down or back out to the center in weird ways under the surface from bouncing off bridge supports and those walls. With that kind of speed you would have no chance if the current happens to go back out or down
Right! If you see the video of the two men drowning! That current was taking them to the main part of the river! (Middle) But drown before getting there! That river is no joke.
@@LadellTurner They drowned because the first dude couldn't swim. He panicked and started to drown within seconds, and then when his older friend tried to save him, he dragged him under and drowned him too. It wasn't about the currents in that case.
@@Ur2ez4me81 They drowned because the first dude couldn't swim. He panicked and started to drown within seconds, and then when his older friend tried to save him, he dragged him under and drowned him too. It wasn't about the currents in that case.
The entire upper Niagara River is not dangerous there is beach at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island that is in the Niagara River its only by the Peace Bridge where the river is narrow, and the current can be as fast as 10mph, that it is like being in rapids
You can tell how dangerous that water is by the speed of it. Just look at it!
I agree with you but 😅 listen to the way she starts off this video
The current in this area is crazy fast. You could dive in the water and by the time you come up you're already 30ft pass where you jumped in
Fourth of July my cousin went overboard right underneath the Peace Bridge he was found three days later washed ashore at Beaver Island this was in 1986 I believe the current is no joke
May his soul Rest In Peace. I’m sorry .
Yeah it's the strength of the current and trying to swim to shore can tire you out quickly. It doesn't "suck people under" per se, it just tires them out.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the water is not just flowing horizontally
there are eddies and backflows where its moving up and down due to rocks on the bottom that you cant see
it absolutely WILL pull you down faster than you can swim up
This river is NO JOKE. Besides the huge waterfall there's whirlpools, undertow, and rapids.
Undertow is an ocean phenomenon. It doesn't happen in rivers.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 there are videos of people being pulled under in this river. The currents are extremely strong, you’re arguing semantics.
@@TacoCrisma Currents don't "pull you under" unless you are in extremely difficult rapids. Swift water can be dangerous to novice swimmers of course.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the water is not just flowing horizontally
there are eddies and backflows where its moving up and down due to rocks on the bottom that you cant see
it absolutely WILL pull you down faster than you can swim up
@@kenwittlief255 Sure, if you are in a powerful hydraulic in some rapids, but not in a little alcove where a bunch of wood is just sitting there. There isn't enough power to "pull" you down. Total horseshit. They are just trying to keep people from getting in trouble in faster water.
Damn the river close to where I live kills several people a year & it’s current isn’t even close to how strong as this one holy hell... The scariest part was how deceptively calm this river looked & how two grown men died in broad daylight... Very, very sad & tragic...
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The man who jumped into fetch the log clearly couldn't swim. Then when his buddy jumped in to save him, he dragged him under. While the currents are swift out in the main stretch of river, they were in a little alcove with no currents.
Should have some flotation rings on the fences. Also, more warning signs about the current.
yeah its plain as day the water is ridiculously fast. Throw in walls and a bridge and you have that powerful current flowing down or back out to the center in weird ways under the surface from bouncing off bridge supports and those walls. With that kind of speed you would have no chance if the current happens to go back out or down
Right! If you see the video of the two men drowning! That current was taking them to the main part of the river! (Middle) But drown before getting there! That river is no joke.
@@LadellTurner They drowned because the first dude couldn't swim. He panicked and started to drown within seconds, and then when his older friend tried to save him, he dragged him under and drowned him too. It wasn't about the currents in that case.
Needs a higher more sturdy fence that fence looks like a child could climb over it.
Im here im watching from niagara falls i went to the ride and took a shower by the water splits i loved it i want to go again tommorow.
if that partcular point there is very dangerous make enclosure higher
There's tons of driftwood on Woodlawn beach. Plain ignorance!
No kidding that water is swift c'mon.
John Yeager Yes but if you watch the actual video they were swimming in what looked like calm waters. Either way so sad and tragic...
@@Ur2ez4me81 They drowned because the first dude couldn't swim. He panicked and started to drown within seconds, and then when his older friend tried to save him, he dragged him under and drowned him too. It wasn't about the currents in that case.
That looks pretty hazardous just from the first three seconds of looking at it
The entire upper Niagara River is not dangerous
there is beach at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island that is in the Niagara River
its only by the Peace Bridge where the river is narrow, and the current can be as fast as 10mph, that it is like being in rapids
I don't trust that river. It stole my lunch money when I was a kid.
I'm not getting in any water that leads to niagra falls. Nope.
When i was.10 i rescued my friend who almost drown..we.both almost drowned
You lucked out
Where? Right here at the foot of Ferry?
I have a feeling Texas could use a Few Good Men like this to protect our children against gunmen
I WANNA JUMP !!!
Dont
I would have been able to survive but for 99% of people it's dangerous, put up a tall fence !
I swam in it my hole life at the rope swing never seen anyone die tho we watched a kid get sucked in to lock 7
Yeah if you are a strong swimmer you can definitely do it. I've been in class V rapids and this is nothing compared to that.
the rope swing was in the bay at Strawberry island, not there at the foot of Ferry Street