Coast Guard Swimmer Pulls Body From Car Above Niagara Falls

A U.S. Coast Guard diver is lowered from a hovering helicopter to pull a body from a submerged vehicle stuck in rushing rapids just yards from the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 2021. Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP Photo

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew braved poor visibility and frigid rapids to reach a car partly submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, then lowered a rescue swimmer on a hoist who pulled out the woman trapped inside.

She did not survive.