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On September 28, 1989, Niagara natives Peter DeBernardi and Jeffery James Petkovich became the first "team" to make it over the falls in a two-person barrel. The stunt was conceived by DeBenardi, who wanted to discourage youth from following in his path of addictive drug use.
Peter De Bernardi: Survival: Horseshoe Falls [48] De Bernardi and Petkovich went over the falls in a reinforced barrel; their stunt was to draw attention to an anti-drugs campaign. [1] [49] Approximately one year later, De Bernardi and Petkovich had another attempt foiled by authorities. Jeffery James Petkovich: Survival 5 June 1990: Jessie ...
The Niagara Parks Police Service is a special constabulary maintained by the Niagara Parks Commission in Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1887, the Niagara Parks Police Service has a unique status among Ontario special constabularies in that its members are armed and trained at the Ontario Police ...
Benjamin "Sonny" Nicoletti Jr. – also known as "Mr. Nick", is a former Underboss and capo of the Niagara Falls crew. His father Benjamin J. "Benny" Nicoletti Sr. was the former capo of Niagara Falls in the Buffalo family. [149] In the late 1960s, Nicoletti Jr. worked with his father controlling a sports book operation in Niagara county. [149]
Niagara Falls is a former featured article. ... (also without an earlier first), but that Peter DeBernardi and Jeffery James Petkovich were the first "team" ...
The high winds that blow around Niagara Falls can be severe in the cold months from November through March, when the average temperature is 30-36 degrees Fahrenheit (-0.9-2 degrees Celsius). From ...
Two people in the car were killed in the fiery incident on the Rainbow Bridge, which leads into and out of Canada at Niagara Falls, that occurred minutes before 11:30 a.m., officials said.
Peter A. Porter, poet and village president of Niagara Falls; Arthur Schoellkopf, mayor of Niagara Falls, New York; James S. Simmons, U.S. Congressman; Richard D. Simons, Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals; Thomas Vincent Welch, New York State Assemblyman, first Superintendent of New York State Reservation at Niagara