2 rescued after boat grounds near brink of Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Two people were rescued from a disabled motor boat that was adrift near the brink of Niagara Falls, a hazardous nighttime rescue that was hindered by high winds but helped when nearby dams lowered the river level, authorities said Monday.
Police using a boat reached the pair after the winds prevented a helicopter from getting to them.
The 2 1/2-hour rescue effort began around 11 p.m. Sunday, when the U.S. Coast Guard said its Buffalo station was notified by one of the boaters that their five-metre boat hit a reef and was adrift.
The vessel was near Goat Island, which lies between the American and Canadian falls, and the Coast Guard told the boaters to anchor.