Steve Trotter is a daredevil

Stunt performer

A stuntman, or daredevil is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be...

 who is the youngest person to ever have gone over Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world and has...

 in a barrel

Barrel

A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of vertical wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. Traditionally, the barrel was a standard size of measure referring to a set capacity or weight of a given commodity. A small barrel is called a keg.For example, a...

. He is also one of only a few to have gone over Niagara Falls twice in a barrel. He is also known for having performed other illegal stunts.
On November 13, 1984, Trotter's 22nd birthday, he would attempt to make his first journey over Niagara Falls. He was ready to get in the water in the back of the truck with the barrel breathing on his regulator when the police showed up, foiling his first attempt.