Niagara Falls, NY – The police marine unit that patrols the upper Niagara River says too many boaters and people on personal watercraft are getting too close to the brink of Niagara Falls.
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New York State Park Police Lt. Clyde Doty tells WGRZ-TV in Buffalo (http://on.wgrz.com/2feIsBJ ) that people put their lives at risk when they ignore buoys and warning signs on the river.
A no-boating zone starts about a quarter mile west of the north Grand Island Bridge, located about 3 miles from the brink of the falls.
Doty says so far this summer there have been 10 incidents involving boaters and personal watercraft riders who ventured into dangerous waters. He says some were stopped near Goat Island, located at the brink.
What do u expect …most buchrim can’t read english
The problem is not just about Niagara Falls, but about many boaters in general. Many of them consume alcohol while boating, and operate their boats too fast, and too close to other boats. Also, many of them do not use life jackets, or overload their boats. For some reason, when some people operate their boats on the water, they think that they are omnipotent, and that they are like Superman.
Unfortunately that is the truth. Just here in New York. we area city of immigrants aall types. — how many people in your neighborhood, cannot read? write? speak English? too many!! More than 50% if not higher! That is a dangerous amount!!What would happen in case,chas v’shalom , of an emergency? You are handed a flyer and cannot read it!
You can warn boaters as they rent / take out a boat from nearby docks, and put up signs alongside the river bank, but ultimately, it is the boaters own risk and fault, not the emergency services to protect them and save them when they stray from the safe area with all due notice.