Trapeze artist dies after fallingPublished: Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 9:50 p.m. A circus performer from Sarasota has died after falling 25 feet during a trapeze routine in a circus show earlier this week. Tito Montoya, who performed with the Walker Bros. Circus based in Sarasota, fell during a show Monday in Summerville, S.C. A video of the performance shows Montoya clinging to a swinging high bar by his knees when he flings himself backward to another bar. He missed the other bar, however, and fell about 25 feet as audience members screamed, said a circus spokeswoman. Montoya was hospitalized with brain damage and later died. There was no safety net and Montoya had performed the routine in a performance earlier that day, said Saschi Meluzzi, a spokeswoman for Walker Bros. Montoya was an experienced trapeze artist who had performed that stunt hundreds of times, Meluzzi said. Montoya's family members traveled to South Carolina to be with Tito after the accident, she said. |
Thursday, March 04, 2010
From Jim Cole
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This news report was copied from a on-line article from the Sarasota Herald Tribune that came in late last night.
A photo I took of Tito earlier this year is located at www.flickr.com/photos/partridgeroad/4338172008/
My condolences to Tito's family and frinds.
Rick Purdue
Buckles - Here is an update. They mistakenly reported that he had died.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100304/ARTICLE/3041070/2055/NEWS?Title=UPDATE-Trapeze-artist-critically-injured-in-fall
Here is part of the updated report in the Sarasota Herald Tribune this morning regarding the condition of Tito Montoya:
"Montoya is in a coma, his sister says, and the family is gathering at a South Carolina hospital to make a decision on how long they will keep him on life support.
The Herald-Tribune incorrectly reported Wednesday that Montoya had died. His sister, Jenny Clougherty, says he is brain dead and is not expected to survive without life support."
Has a family fund been set up in Tito's name? I was there the day he fell and he's not been far from my thoughts since. My heart goes out to his family. Thank you for letting me know of a way to tell others how they can help his family in this most difficult of times. -Terri Rix
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