Saturday, April 12, 2008

Cirque Du Soleil performer injured

Last night Kelli and I went to Cirque Du Soleil's Corteo here in Portland for her birthday and it was an awesome show, but unfortunately in the chandelier act one of the performers fell 20 feet on her back and hit her head pretty hard and didn't really move until the act was over. It was a brutal fall and the sound of her hitting the stage was unnerving. No one really knew what was going on but it didn't take long to realize that it wasn't part of the act. Paramedics rushed out and got her situated on a backboard and took her to the hospital. I'm not sure how you continue the show when something like that happens but they did, and they pulled it together.

In any case, if anyone out there knows of whether she is ok or not, it would be great to know. I'm surprised they didn't make some kind of announcement or something or post it on their website. Someone called the Oregonian and they posted it, but didn't really know anything. Anyone got any news?

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