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Rescue attempt leads to drowning in Niagara River

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The body of a 16 year-old boy was pulled from the Niagara River this afternoon.

He was fishing with a group of people off Squaw Island – near Buffalo – when he went into the water to rescue a 14 year old girl who slipped off a rock and fell in. The girl and her uncle made it safely to shore.

The boy was under water for 45 minutes before the dive team recovered his body.