Trotter became the youngest person to survive the fall after emerging unharmed from his homemade barrel bearing the inscription “Support Reagan,” a reference to the then-US President Ronald Reagan. Two of the huge inner tubes had lost air, and one of them had a significant dent on the side.Steve Trotter was caught by the crew of The Maid of the Mist after swimming free of the boat after the hatch was blown off. Trotter received a fine, just like earlier risk-takers. Trotter made a few television appearances before appearing dramatically again in the summer of 1995, when he later compared the experience to “falling in an elevator without a cord” during a press conference.For safety purposes, the barrel was retrieved by a crane after being imprisoned for nine days. It stayed with the Niagara Parks Commission for a number of weeks before Trotter came to retrieve it and pay the expenses associated with getting it out from under the Falls.“R.I.P Steve Trotter Daredevil one of a few that went over Niagara Falls and live to talk about it on the Johnny Carson show!” Donna Petrucci wrote,
“Always the life of the party ! Best known as Destin’s Resident Oyster Slinging Extraordinaire ! All-around great guy ! Sweetest man and so kind to children ! He will be Sorely missed! He went over the falls in 1985” He says
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