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William Red Hill Jr. rides the Niagara Falls rapids in a barrel.
Greek philosopher George Statakis climbs into an oak barrel with a steel lining to ride the Niagara Falls. It has an 3 hour oxygen supply and weighs over a ton, Statakis brings a 105 year old turtle with him on his fatal plunge. His hand waves goodbye from the portal of the barrel. Men assist in closing the airtight barrel and tow the barrel out to the falls behind a boat.
The barrel floats in the rapids and plunges over the waterfall as spectators look on. The barrel got caught in the rocks and eventually ran out of oxygen, Statakis died however his pet turtle survived the fall.
More footage of William Red Hill Jr. this time covering his fatal plunge over the Niagara Falls in a barrel made out of inner tubes he called The Thing. In 1951 Hill Jr. attempted to recreate his famous fathers adventure but his inner tube barrel tore apart and he met an untimely death.

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• Niagara
• daredevil
• inner tube. stunt
• waterfall
• white water rapids
• stupid stunt
• death defying
• New York
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[TheDudeLebowskee]

why the hell did people talk like this back then? was there something in the water in the 40s?

[TheJWxd13]

Is it just me or does this guy sound excited when He's talking about the guy dying.

[redmar79]

Does anyone learn from the deaths? stupid people...

[MegaThecolonel]

They are holding up the turtle while he is brown bread in there absolutely mental

[TheCH3D]

@TheDudeLebowskee

its the recording technology they had then

[Ot555xzx]

what nobheads.

[shoedoctor99]

They were all gangsters, see.

[FlickDaBic]

@xvoy2002 bro, theres an imax that has it playing like every day it shows the lady in a barrle too

[jimi1234567]

@TheDudeLebowskee

I think there was a stronger emphasis on education back then.

[GiftedKidd]

why does he keep saying "doomed to death" and y is he all happy bout the death

[professorsplash]

I'm going over American side...two of my friends have gone over Horseshoe, one of them "twice". No mental giant here, but I just figured out a way to do it!