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And now you voted for it. the number one, fan favorite video. a man takes himself and rescuers to the edge of death. march 19, 2003, niagara falls. a suicidal man decides that he wants to live, but it may be too late. as he stands in frigid water at the edge of a drop. >> i don't know that there's been too many people survive that fall, if any. >> two brave men attached to harnesses enter the freezing water. they attempt to throw the man a life ring. >> if something goes wrong, that water's traveling one way, and the only way is down. >> the current is too strong, and the rescuers can't reach ...

It's march 19, 2003. rescuers have been trying for more than an hour to save a man from falling nearly 180 feet over the edge of niagara falls to his death. from the air, rescuers are attempting to toss him a life ring, but suddenly, the man slips. and they fear they've lost him for good. >> when he first fell, he grabbed onto the rock. and within a few seconds he slid back probably another two or three feet, and at that point his legs actually went over the brink. >> but against all odds, the man is able to pull himself up onto a rock. >> and then there's just jubilation. he stands up and it'...

The accident caused a deadly chain of events. more on that, next. "fareed zakaria gps" starts right now. >> shortly after 9:00 on the evening of march 19, 2003, president george w. bush announced that coalition forces had begun military operations in iraq. tuesday will make the tenth anniversary of that day. paul wolfowitz was then deputy secretary of defense and he is seen by some as the chief architect of that war. i asked him to come on to have an honest conversation about it in retrospect. paul, thank you for coming. >> thank you for inviting me. i have to say, i'm not the architect. if ...