Man survives being swept over Niagara Falls

Not sure what the custom is in the USA, but up here in Canada it’s usually the case that zero details are revealed if the incident in question is an attempted suicide (successful or unsuccessful).

Both for privacy reasons, but also to ensure suicides cannot be used for attention-seeking / by copycats.

So here in Vancouver, if there is a “police incident” on a local bridge high over the inlet we all know it is a suicide attempt in progress - But those words are never used. Just “police incident.”

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