A number of Police agencies including Air One from the Erie County Sheriff's Office are searching the Niagara River in the area of the South Grand Island Bridge for a missing swimmer
A Buffalo Sector U.S. Border Patrol agent and a marina owner acted quickly to rescue an elderly man who fell into the Niagara River on Grand Island Saturday morning according to WIVB-TV.
Unusually strong winds gusting as high as 74 mph this afternoon caused the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom to suffer damage flooding the Niagara River with Ice. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz confirmed the event this evening after portions of the boom were spotted floating in the river.