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number 10 the human chandelier during a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
Circus show in Providence Rhode Island an act called the human chandelier ended
up terribly eight performers were injured in May 2014 after the apparatus
which was holding him by their hair fell to the ground from approximately 35 feet
while the audience gasped in horror another performer was hurt on the ground
acrobats were taken to the hospital with severe injuries including neck and back
fractures head injuries and even a pierced liver some of them needed
multiple surgeries and had to learn to use their arms legs and necks again
after the accident all of the performers later decided to sue the circus for
putting their lives in danger later that year in November the circus was fined
seven thousand dollars the maximum allowed by a law for the accident
an investigation led by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and
Health revealed the accident occurred because the Caribbean is supporting the
acrobats was improperly loaded number nine I remained circus in April 2010
while preparing for a show in Pennsylvania animal handler Andrew
Anderton from the Iram circus was kicked by the star of the act an African
elephant Anderton was allegedly catapulted 20
feet into the air and fell onto concrete he was rushed to a nearby hospital but
died shortly after initial reports indicated that the elephant named Dumbo
had been startled by an electric wire and Anderton was trying to get it away
from the wire when he was kicked number eight the Flying Wallendas
the circus act known as the seven-person cheer pyramid was invented by a family
nicknamed the Flying Wallendas the stunts required seven people to balance
on top of each other while the person on top of the pyramid would sit in a chair
as the one at the bottom would tread cautiously over a tightrope the seven
members of the family used to perform the act in the 1950s up until January
1962 allowing people outside the family to participate in the stunts as well on
January the 30th while playing in the show for the Shrine Circus at Detroit
State Fair Coliseum dita Shep the man at the bottom walking on the wire faltered
this caused the pyramid to collapse three men were killed and one was left
paralyzed from the waist down however this horrible incident didn't
stop the war lenders from continuing to perform dangerous stunts in the years
that followed two other members of the family died in subsequent incidents
number seven roy horn notorious lion tamer roy horn worked on one of the most
successful shows in las vegas the day of October the 3rd 2003 started as a day of
celebration but ended as a night of Terror for the stuntman 45 minutes of
the show had passed when he brought in a 380 pound white tiger named Monty Corre
according to Horne at one point during the performance he lost consciousness as
he was taken some heart medication at the time that's when the feline grabbed
him by the neck sinking its teeth deep into his flesh and dragging him offstage
unfortunately the tiger bit into an artery carrying oxygen to horns brain
and crushed his windpipe the tamer was left partially paralyzed but
surprisingly survived the attack although roughly 25% of his skull had to
be removed ten years after being mauled Horne claimed the tiger hadn't attacked
him but it was only trying to help him however detectives concluded the feline
did indeed attack horn animal experts described Monty cause
bite as a Claire kill move investigators were unable to determine what caused the
tiger to act the way it did number six Otto Klein one of the most
exciting acts in the Barnum & Bailey Circus during the 1910s belonged to a
man named Otto Klein in April 1915 28 years old Kline was performing his usual
stunt at the Madison Square Garden this involved in a circle in the arena on a
horse and then swinging from side to side with his feet touching the ground
while still held onto his saddle unfortunately on his last performance
climb lost the grip of the saddle and was flung against the wooden box
headfirst his skull was badly fractured in front of a crowd of 5,000 people
medical staff rushed to help him but there was no chance of saving his life
he died later that night number 5 Eva Garcia in August 2003
hundreds of people were clapping in excitement while attending a show at the
Hippodrome circus in Great Yarmouth England Eva Garcia an aerial performer
had just made her entrance Eva had been performing since the age of 7 was now 38
she was doing her usual show with aerial silks in which she had to cling to
lengths of cloth suspended from the ceiling at a height of approximately 30
feet however only a couple of minutes into the act
Garcia appeared to lose a grip on the wire above her head and plunged to the
ground under the gaze of horrified spectators she was taken to the hospital
where she succumbed to her injuries number 4 Musashi
On January the 3rd 1872 lion-tamer Thomas McCarty also known as Masotti
perform his dangerous act for the last time
Masotti had been the star attraction of the Manda's menagerie circus that was
taking place in the Bolton marketplace in Lancashire England however he was
nervous for that day's performance as the lion had bitten him earlier that
week and he told his wife he was afraid of the beasts as the evening drew to a
close at approximately 10:30 p.m. the unthinkable happened Masotti was driving
five felines from one end of the cage to the other that's when one of the Lions
ran against his legs throwing him to the ground
he got up quickly and proceeded to drive the animals into the corner as he walked
to the center of the den Masotti stamped his feet to order the Lions to run past
him as he was doing so one of the Lions Crete towards him and struck him with
his paw knocking him down to his knees the tamer
then turned to the lion and struck it with a sword but then another lion
placed its paws on his leg held him down and tore his costume from his chest all
the other four lines then attacked Masotti tried to keep his calm and even
fired his revolver three times but the Lions began tearing him apart limb from
limb number three Sara Gujrat Goulet Paris born Sarah
gooood gullet began her circus career in childhood not knowing that her passion
would ultimately claim her life she studied the annie fret aleni
art and circus Academy in Paris France and after she graduated she began
working as an acrobat an aerialist in 2006 she joined the cast of a Cirque du
Soleil show called car the played at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada USA On
June 29 2013 Gerard Goulet was hoisted up the side of
the stage to a height of at least 94 feet in a matter of seconds her harness
reportedly slipped free from its safety wire and the Acrobat plummeted into a
pit away from the audience's view spectators allegedly heard screaming and
groaning after the fall after initially thinking
the accident was part of the choreography GUI art gullet died in the
ambulance and her death was the first resulting from an onstage accident in
Cirque de Soleil 30-year history number two matthew cran CH matthew crunch was a
thrill seeker as his friends described him and at 24 he decided to turn his
passion into a job in April 2011 he joined the stunt team at Cornwall based
stunt UK limited and started work as a human cannonball approximately four
weeks into the job Krantz had already performed the showpiece five times
however the six would be his final performance cran CH was fired from the
cannon for the last time at Scot Mae's daredevil stunt show in Kent after being
propelled in a puff of smoke under the eyes of the spectators cran CH was
flying tens of feet into the air however a locking mechanism failed and the rope
safety net fell flat immediately after the cannon fired
allowing him to plunge headfirst into the ground paramedics and air ambulance
crew were unable to save him number one desi espanha desi a spanner was a
Bulgarian American aerial Acrobat who will forever remain in the history of
horrific circus accidents as spanner came from a family of performers and
even held a place in the Guinness Book of World Records after swirling 75
silver hoops simultaneously around her body at 13 in May 2004 at 32 a spanner
was performing during a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus show
instant port Minnesota USA as she always did as spanner was twirling on long
chiffon scoffs with no safety net below her under the horrified looks of parents
and children attended the show the silky cloth gave way and desi fell 30 feet
onto a concrete floor witnesses later claimed she landed headfirst while
others said she landed on her back clowns immediately came out attempting
to draw attention away from the disturbing scene and the show continued
as medical staff tried to save a spanner she was taken to the Xcel Energy Center
in st. Paul where she died from her injuries several
hours later
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