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On July 2, 1984, Karel Soucek took his red barrel over the brink of Niagara Falls, surviving the fall with only minor cuts and scrapes. The Canadian stuntman wrote on his barrel
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. . On July 2, 1984, Karel Soucek took his red barrel over the brink of Niagara Falls, surviving the fall with only minor cuts and scrapes. The Canadian stuntman wrote on his barrel "Last of the Niagara Daredevils - 1984" and "It's not whether you fail or triumph, it's that you keep your word... and at least ...
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