Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) The identity of the teen who fell into the Lower Niagara River this past summer has been confirmed.
Erie County Medical Examiners have confirmed it was Aung Hla whose body was recovered a week after falling while fishing in a restricted area in July.
Hla, who was 18 and a recent Kenmore West High School graduate, was fishing with five other people near the bottom of the stairs in Whirlpool State Park in Niagara Falls on the morning of July 22 before falling into the rapids.
