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Message: “We have one more shot,” pilot Captain Kevin Caffery yelled into his microphone. “Just drop the ring.” It was the one in a million shot that eventually saved the life of a man who had written a suicide note and then slid into the icy waters of Niagara Falls, March 19, 2003. For two hours the man fought for his life, realizing that he did not really want to die. Rescue workers put their lives in danger to eventually pull the man to safety. As we often ask about similar tragedies, “Why would a person want to commit suicide? What could happen that would plunge an individual into such despair?” Even though the police would not release the man’s name, his identity, in the Niagara region, is an open secret. He was a 48-year-old accountant with a gambling problem. That day he had lost a large sum of money in… Read Full Article