Yes.Bobby Leach was the first man to go over the falls,only to die 15 years later slipping on a orange peel :))
Jean Lussier also survived.
Nathan Boya
Annie Taylor's barrel, in which she became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls, is now displayed at the Niagara Daredevil Exhibit in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Annie Taylor in 1901
over 7200 people have died at the Niagara falls
its niagara falls!
Niagara Falls
As I cannot type all of this out and it would be marked as plagerisum, I will send you the link to a helpful site: ttp://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2460/has-anyone-really-gone-over-niagara-falls-in-a-barrel
Lots of people went over Niagara falls but they all died accept for bobby leach, an Edwardian stunt man who went over niagara falls in a barrel, he broke both his legs and his jaw but survived. He went of Niagara falls in 1912.
October 24, 1901 - Annie Taylor was the first person to conquer the falls in a barrel.
Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher, was the first person to ride down Niagara Falls in a pickle barrel on October 24, 1901. Strapped in a leather harness inside the padded barrel, she plunged down Horseshoe Falls and picked up by a boat after. Since that first barrel ride, 15 people have attempted to ride the famous falls, 10 of those survived. Today it is illegal to ride down Niagara Falls.
Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher, was the first person to ride down Niagara Falls in a pickle barrel on October 24, 1901. Strapped in a leather harness inside the padded barrel, she plunged down Horseshoe Falls and picked up by a boat after. Since that first barrel ride, 15 people have attempted to ride the famous falls, 10 of those survived. Today it is illegal to ride down Niagara Falls.
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Yup, Shayne Kerner became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel on October 24, 1901.