Man talked out of falls rapids by park police

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

New York State Park Police say it took them about 40 minutes to talk a “highly intoxicated” man out of the fast flowing waters of the Niagara River rapids on Saturday afternoon.

Officers responded, just after 2 p.m., to a call of a man standing in the rapids, just off of Three Sisters Island. Witnesses said the man had just “walked into the water” which was up to his thighs…

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