December 8, 2021 - U.S. Coast Guard
Air Station Detroit helicopter crew member Petty Officer 2nd
Class Derrian Duryea, an aviation survival technician,
deploys from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and retrieves an
unresponsive female from a vehicle submerged in the near
freezing Niagara River waters at the brink of the falls
during snowy weather conditions. She was later pronounced
deceased by local EMS.
New York State Park Police
requested agency assistance after a report of a vehicle in
the river.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty
Officer 1st Class Nicholas Repasi