Illinois mom, 34, deliberately jumps off Niagara Falls with son, 5

The woman had been with her husband and son. They were visiting from Illinois A mother from Illinois died, and her son survived, after she jumped with him from a 90-foot cliff onto the frozen banks of the Niagara Falls gorge. The 34-year-old mother, who has not been named, was said to have jumped deliberately after climbing over a railing on Goat Island in Niagara State Park at around 12.30pm on February 12, state police said. He was later transferred to an emergency medical helicopter, with his condition still listed as critical on Thursday The mother was said to have jumped deliberately with her son after climbing over a railing on Goat Island in Niagara State Park. Her body was found near the Cave of the Winds complex, which sits on the US side of the falls that straddle the border with Canada This is the moment the youngster was transferred from an ambulance to a waiting helicopter, where he was flown off for emergency treatment Emergency responders are pictured at the scene after a 34 year-old Illinois woman plunged to her death from Niagara falls in a suspected suicide plunge.