On the morning of March 12th, 2020, the crew had the privilege of accompanying Mr. Michael Clarkson to a presentation which he was putting on for the Niagara Parks Commission. This presentation was a proposal to the commission in an attempt for them to fund a statue of Mr. Red Hill Sr, an esteemed Niagara Daredevil & river man.
Michael’s presentation was informative and professional. The Niagara Parks Commission is known to not exactly highlight and approve of the glorification of daredevils in the Niagara Parks, though Michael’s skill with public speaking and knowledgable mind of Niagara Daredevils may have been enough to sway the commission’s minds.
Michael pitched the statue of Red Hill and displayed him as a hero, as opposed to a daredevil. Red has been involved in numerous high profile rescues along the Niagara river, during the early 1900’s of the Fall’s daredevil history. Red was also a key player in the Niagara Scow rescue of 1918.
Among the attendees was Red Hill’s great-grandson Mr. Kip Finn. Upon meeting Kip at the presentation, the Michael & the crew shared the idea of “Over The Edge” with Kip and he was incredibly interested in giving some of his first hand knowledge of the falls for the film. Kip, still to this day works around the falls and the Niagara Whirlpool. Kip has expressed interest in sharing some amazingly beautiful photo op locations of the falls, and some of the inner workings of how the falls work.
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