Man Taking Selfie Falls Into Raging Potomac River in Maryland

Man Taking Selfie Falls Into Raging Potomac River in Maryland
Water rushes through Great Falls on the Potomac River in Great Falls Park in Virginia, in a March 3, 2012 file photo. KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A man taking a selfie at Great Falls, at the border of Maryland and Virginia, fell into the raging Potomac River and barely escaped with his life.

The man was posing for a picture when he slipped and fell into the river, which was running at a high level and speed after the recent heavy rains, on Sept. 30.

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