A Buffalo man is missing after falling into the Niagara Gorge whirlpool area around 6 a.m. this morning.
The man was fishing with two friends when he approached the water and was swept away, said Lt. Patrick Moriarty with the State Parks Police.
“His friends saw him yell for help and then he disappeared,” Moriarty said. Rescue crews are continuing the search for the man into the afternoon.
Officials are withholding his identity, pending notification of his family.
The search was being conducted by Parks Police patrol units, the Niagara Falls Fire Department, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office’s Air One helicopter, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Ontario Park Police and the Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Department.
During the search, a second body, not associated with the active search, was recovered south of the whirlpool area, on the Canadian side after it was spotted by Air One. The body was recovered by the Niagara Parks Police High Angle River Team with help from Air One and Niagara Helicopters.
Niagara Parks Police, who are handling the investigation, said foul play is not suspected in the death.
This marks the second time in under a month that a person has been snared by the fast-moving current of the lower Niagara River.
On the evening of July 6, a University at Buffalo MBA candidate slipped off an algae-covered rock and into the water while hiking the gorge with a group of friends and his mother.
The body of Narang “David” Kim, 23, was pulled from the river after a three-day search by Parks Police.
email: dtruong@buffnews.com
The man was fishing with two friends when he approached the water and was swept away, said Lt. Patrick Moriarty with the State Parks Police.
“His friends saw him yell for help and then he disappeared,” Moriarty said. Rescue crews are continuing the search for the man into the afternoon.
Officials are withholding his identity, pending notification of his family.
The search was being conducted by Parks Police patrol units, the Niagara Falls Fire Department, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office’s Air One helicopter, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Ontario Park Police and the Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Department.
During the search, a second body, not associated with the active search, was recovered south of the whirlpool area, on the Canadian side after it was spotted by Air One. The body was recovered by the Niagara Parks Police High Angle River Team with help from Air One and Niagara Helicopters.
Niagara Parks Police, who are handling the investigation, said foul play is not suspected in the death.
This marks the second time in under a month that a person has been snared by the fast-moving current of the lower Niagara River.
On the evening of July 6, a University at Buffalo MBA candidate slipped off an algae-covered rock and into the water while hiking the gorge with a group of friends and his mother.
The body of Narang “David” Kim, 23, was pulled from the river after a three-day search by Parks Police.
email: dtruong@buffnews.com