Bobby Leach was a former Barnum and Bailey circus performer who became the first man (and second person) to survive going over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel on July 25, 1911. Motivated by a rivalry with Annie Taylor, he completed the stunt but suffered two broken kneecaps and a fractured jaw, which required six months of recovery. In a twist of cruel irony, the daredevil who conquered the Falls passed away in 1926, not while performing a stunt, but by simply slipping on an orange peel. The fal