‘Human Chandelier’ Falls: 9 Performers in R.I. Circus Accident
CNN
The curtain drops to reveal women hanging by their hair. Leotards are in perfect place — toes pointed, smiles on.
The music kicks in on cue, and then suddenly — horrifyingly — what’s known as the “human chandelier” plummets to the ground.
“I screamed. I’m like, that’s not right,” Chelie Barrie, a spectator, told CNN affiliate WPRI. “You know, sometimes you’re surprised and it’s part of the show, but this clearly wasn’t.”
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