DARWIN AWARD CONTENDER: Man who survived historic Niagara Falls plunge dies in second try Police say the body of 53-year-old Kirk R. Jones was found June 2
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A man who survived a plunge over Niagara Falls without protection in 2003 has died after he went over again, this time inside an inflatable ball.Read more here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/man-who-survived-historic-niagara-falls-plunge-dies-in-second-try-1.4163586Police tell the Syracuse Post-Standard that the body of 53-year-old Kirk R. Jones was found in the Niagara River by the U.S. Coast Guard on June 2.
Detective Sgt. Brian Nisbet of the New York State Park Police says it's the same man who became the first person to survive an unprotected, intentional plunge over the falls in October 2003.
Nisbet says investigators believe Jones attempted to go over the falls inside a 3-meter ball on April 19. The empty ball was recovered by the Maid of the Mist tour boat.
Three others have survived unprotected plunges over the falls since Jones did it.
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