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

By Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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April 19, 2013Updated: July 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.