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Christopher Rola says the initial call came just before noon. "Dispatch was notified of a black vehicle in the Niagara River near the pedestrian bridge floating down the brink of the Falls. Our patrol arrived and observed the vehicle, and contacted our partners," says Rola. He says one woman was in the vehicle.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckwy1y8wd000z01qa8t21fqtc@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Rola says because of the area where the vehicle was, which was 50 yards from the brink of the falls, the swift water team was unable to make a recovery. "We contacted the Coast Guard and their helicopter and rescue swimmer came out and was able to make a recovery of the operator," says Rola.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckwy1y8wd001101qa3o23csoq@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Rola says the woman is an area resident, but would not specify which community because family has not been notified. Rola noted the woman was in her late 60s. "There was no movement of the female operator at that time," says Rola.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckwy1y8wd001201qaykebvasb@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/TimWBEN/status/1468669009109430279', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The vehicle remains in the rushing waters at the brink of Niagara Falls after a woman in her 60’s was recovered from the vehicle in a dramatic effort this afternoon. <a href="https://t.co/yaXqQSAY51">pic.twitter.com/yaXqQSAY51</a></p>— Tim Wenger (@TimWBEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimWBEN/status/1468669009109430279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2021</a></blockquote>\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/ckwy1y8wd001301qa4wxat56b@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The investigation into why this happened is still ongoing. 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