It was supposed to be the headline act for Circus Sarasota: a high-wire pyramid some 30 feet in the air. But during practice Wednesday – two days before the show’s opening – an accident befell the eight performers. According to …
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees against injuries like those sustained by its aerialists during a May 4, 2014, performance in Providence, Rhode Island. Feld Entertainment Inc., headquartered …
Investigators looking into why eight circus acrobats plummeted to the ground during a U.S. aerial hair-hanging stunt have found that a clamp snapped, a public safety official said Monday. “We have identified a clamp that snapped that held them to …