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Man who survived 2003 plunge at Niagara Falls now dies there

In this Aug. 13, 2004, file photo, Kirk Jones poses for a photo at Terrapin Point on the American side of Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls State Park, N.Y. Jones, who survived a plunge over Niagara Falls without protection in 2003 has died after he went over again, this time inside an inflatable ball. Police told the Syracuse Post-Standard that the body of the 53-year-old was found in the Niagara River by the U.S. Coast Guard on June 2, 2017.
Jun. 16, 2017
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A man who occupied a fleeting spotlight after surviving a plunge over Niagara Falls without protection in 2003 has died after he went over again, this time during an apparent stunt with an inflatable ball, park police said Friday.
The body of 53-year-old Kirk R. Jones was pulled out of the water June 2 in Youngstown, where the Niagara River feeds into Lake Ontario.
The empty ball had been found earlier in the rapids above the American Falls, one of three falls known collectively as Niagara Falls.
New York state park police said they believe Jones was in Niagara Falls on April 19 and may have tried to go over the falls in the large ball.
“The attempted stunt was unsuccessful, which resulted in the demise of Mr. Jones,” the park police said in a news release.
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