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background: the circus came to St. Paul this past weekend - DURING one of the shows, something happened and one of the performers died.
ok...this is a bit disturbing...but as I read this article, I broke out into a full roaring laughter at the bolded part of the story (see below).
I have coupled it with some of the other pertinent paragraphs surrounding the article so you guys get the full picture.....
The friggin clowns were sent in to ivert attention.
Someone please tell me that wouldn't be the scariest scene ever (a mangled trapeze artist lying their for dead while a clown car comes out to continue on with the show)!!!!
ok...this is a bit disturbing...but as I read this article, I broke out into a full roaring laughter at the bolded part of the story (see below).
I have coupled it with some of the other pertinent paragraphs surrounding the article so you guys get the full picture.....
Espa?a was performing one of her specialities, twirling near the top of a long piece of chiffon hanging from a metal bar, when witnesses said it appeared that a coupling on the apparatus gave way.
A performer on an adjacent piece of equipment was not injured, said Alexis Copeland, spokeswoman for the circus. Espa?a, whose husband is also a performer in the circus, was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul about 12 minutes after she fell.
Witnesses said clowns were sent out to divert the audience's attention, especially the children's.
"She landed flat on her belly," said Louise Kress of Golden Valley, an audience member. "It all happened too quickly. She had no time to even put her hand out to break the fall."
The 2?-hour show continued as medical personnel and circus officials worked on Espa?a, who has spent most of her life with the circus and comes from a family of Bulgarian performers. She specialized in high-risk maneuvers.
The friggin clowns were sent in to ivert attention.
Someone please tell me that wouldn't be the scariest scene ever (a mangled trapeze artist lying their for dead while a clown car comes out to continue on with the show)!!!!