I witnessed history on Thursday.

New York State Parks Police Major Clyde Doty braces himself in the Niagara River and readies to grab the man after he slipped from a harness a…

First responders ready their gear as they attempt a rescue in the Niagara River on Thursday afternoon.

Photos by RobShotsTwo members of the Niagara Falls Fire Department make their way to a man clinging to a log in the swirling waters of the upp…

Major Clyde Doty kept repeating the same things over and over.

Rescuers make their way to a man clinging to a log in the swift-moving waters of the Niagara River off of Goat Island on Thursday.

Major Clyde Doty just kept telling the man the same thing over and over.

Law enforcement officials discuss Thursday's rescue in the Niagara River near Goat Island.

Rescuers work with a man in the Niagara River on Thursday.

A man is pulled from the Niagara River near Goat Island on Thursday.