Title

John "David" Munday after his trip over the Horseshoe Falls in a homemade barrel on Sept 26, 1993

Description

en-CA On September 26, 1993 John "David" Munday became the first person to go over the falls twice. The 56 year old man from Caistor Centre, Ontario went over the falls in a red and white homemade steel barrel. At 8:35 a.m. Munday's 1.2m diameter steel ball, floated to the brink and plunged 55m into the waters below. Once over the Falls, the barrel was towed by the Little Maid to the Maid of the Mist dock. Before emerging, he remained in the barrel approximately 45 minutes. He sustained no major injuries and he refused to go to the hospital. Munday was not wearing a protective helmet and there was only a 2 inch layer of padding inside the ball to soften the impact. He was later fined $6,000.

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=362098

Creator

Unknown

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

General Photograph Collection

Extent

4" by 6"

Medium

Colour photograph

Provenance

Unknown

Date Copyrighted

19930926

Subject

Stunts and Stunters

Niagara Falls - Horseshoe Falls

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

number

D50240

Format

Colour photograph

Date Created

2012-03-28

Date Modified

2012-03-28