Bobby Leach

Bobby Leach was the second person and first man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, accomplishing the feat on July 25, 1911 — while Annie Taylor did it on October 24, 1901. He spent six months in the hospital recovering from injuries he sustained during the fall, which included two broken knee caps and a fractured jaw. Leach had been a performer with the Barnum and Bailey Circus and was no stranger to stunting. After watching a stuntman die attempting to dive from a platform over 150 feet into a pool 5 feet deep, he made the dive successfully. Prior to his trip over the falls, he owned a restaurant on Bridge Street, and would boast to customers that anything Annie could do, he could do better.