A similar fall happened on Nov. 14, 2000, when Jamie Barker, a painter from Windsor, fell from the bridge into the river. His body was recovered from the river on April 6, 2001.

A similar fall happened on Nov. 14, 2000, when Jamie Barker, a painter from Windsor, fell from the bridge into the river. His body was recovered from the river on April 6, 2001.

Four men fell into the cold Detroit River and five others were left dangling 30 metres above the water yesterday when painters' scaffolding on the underside of the Ambassador Bridge failed.