A woman’s body recovered from the American side of the Niagara River has been positively identified as the Japanese student who fell into the water and was swept over Horseshoe Falls on Sunday evening.

An employee at Cave of the Winds, a Niagara Falls, N.Y. state park attraction, reported a body floating in the lower Niagara River at around 10 a.m. Thursday.

Classmates from the Hansa Language Centre in Toronto have identified Ayano Tokumasu, 20, as the young woman who lost her footing and fell into the rushing waters at the edge of the falls on Sunday.

Tokumasu was visiting Niagara Falls with a friend. Surveillance footage from a visitors’ centre showed her climbing over a safety railing to pose for a photo. When she tried to climb back up, she slipped and toppled over.

Classmates remembered her fondly for her positive demeanour, her smile, and her intellect. Her Facebook profile lists her home as Toyohashi, a city in Aichi Prefecture, on the Pacific Ocean, about 250 kilometres southwest of Tokyo.

On Thursday, New York State Parks Police located a female body 30 metres below the Cave of the Winds, which is a tourist attraction near the Niagara Gorge and Bridal Veil Falls. The fire department assisted with lifting the body out of the water.

The Erie County medical examiner had been expected to perform an autopsy on the body on Thursday.

Via thestar.com

Pictures found on Ayano Tokumasu's facebook and it seems none of her friends has known about her death. SAD! R.I.P girl