Man who slipped into Niagara River identified as UB student

[hrmjustin]

By Nancy Fischer | News Niagara Reporter

NIAGARA FALLS – Narang “David” Kim, a 23-year-old University at Buffalo MBA candidate and teaching assistant in its school of management, has been identified as the man who slipped off a rock and fell into the Lower Niagara River on Saturday night.

Lt. Patrick Moriarty of the State Parks Police said Kim went off the trail at 6:30 p.m. when he was walking with a group of friends and his mother, who was visiting from Korea. Kim climbed onto an algae-covered rock and slipped into the water before anyone was able to grab him, Moriarty said.

He was pushed downriver by the fast-moving waters, at the Niagara Whirlpool, below the Aero cars, where the river turns sharply, and then disappeared into the whirlpool waters of the Lower Niagara River gorge, he said.

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[Historic NY]

1. When you ignore the signs...

it happens and there isn't anything that can be done except to collect your body at some point. Water + wet rocks = slippery.

[snagglepuss]

2. Someone asked me once whether I ignore stop signs on side streets when I bike to which I replied

no because I have always thought it was best to make stopping for signs habitual so I would never take chances. I mention this becsaue I think that a number of people stop seeing danger signs because they've got into the habit of not reading them.