Claim: Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher, became the first person to survive a plunge to the bottom of Niagara Falls when she went over in a wooden barrel in 1901.
Fact-check: Was Annie Edson Taylor the 1st Person To Run Niagara Falls in a Barrel?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Madison Dapcevich
Date published: 2022-03-13T09:00:00