85-Foot Trapeze Fall: Acrobat Survives (+Video)

85-foot trapeze fall: A trapeze artist performing in Moscow fell 85 feet while he was performing and crashed through the safety net.
85-Foot Trapeze Fall: Acrobat Survives (+Video)
Jack Phillips
4/19/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

85-foot trapeze fall: A trapeze artist performing in Moscow fell 85 feet while he was performing and crashed through the safety net.

However, the Kenyan acrobat survived the fall and suffered from a fractured vertebra, according to The Associated Press.

The man told AP that he is healing and will return to work eventually.

 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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