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Meet The Man Whose Boated Around Niagara Falls 70,000 Times

Dave Rosenthal
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GREAT LAKES TODAY
Maid of the Mist boat (lower right) at Niagara Falls.

Capt. Rod MacDonald has seen a lot in his 29 years on the Maid of the Mist. Like the man who came over Horseshoe Falls on a jet ski. 

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