Woman’s body pulled from submerged car in dramatic recovery at Niagara Falls’ edge

A diver was lowered from a helicopter to pull the occupant from a car found in the frigid rapids at the brink of American Falls

In a dramatic rescue attempt on Wednesday, a US coast guard diver braved the frigid rapids where a car had become submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, only to find it was too late to rescue the person trapped inside.

The diver was lowered from a hovering helicopter, climbed into the car and pulled out the body of its lone occupant, a woman in her 60s, officials from New York's state park police said.