13 Facts About Steve Trotter

Steven Trotter was an American daredevil who at age 24 became the youngest person to have gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Steve Trotter was one of a few people to perform the stunt twice.

Steve Trotter had planned the stunt for years, and innovated a construction design using two pickle barrels placed end-to-end.

Steve Trotter was strapped into an automotive racing harness and equipped with flashlights, a life jacket, a two-way radio, and oxygen tanks.

Steve Trotter appeared on Good Morning America and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Steve Trotter's photo was published in Time magazine, he made the front page of USA Today, and numerous other publications worldwide.

Steve Trotter performed the stunt again on June 18,1995, becoming the second person to survive the stunt twice.

Steve Trotter received a compression fracture in his back as a result of the stunt.

Steve Trotter received a jail sentence of two weeks and was fined $14,700 by the Niagara Parks Commission.

Steve Trotter achieved notoriety in November 1985, when he set the world record for the longest "Tarzan swing" off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Steve Trotter attached a 176-foot cable to the center span of the bridge, then moved to a point 176 feet away, and jumped off the bridge.

Steve Trotter's attempted repeat of the stunt in 1997 at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge ended in disaster.

Steve Trotter was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and raised in Barrington, RI.