Karl Wallenda Falls to his Death

[Soldierforsatan]

it was those lazy brown fools who set up the set wrong...havnt you people learned anything on DR? apparently not

[Oonie]

Originally Posted by skullsoup432

I remember when this happened.

Crazy old fucker.

Gotta give him credit, though.
When I'm 73, the most daredevil thing I plan on doing is climbing on my Rascal scooter.

You and me both, boomer! My dad was a Detroit cop, and they had Field Days at Tiger Stadium with circus acts, comical skits, and death-defying feats. I watched a guy climb a ladder 100 feet into the air, and he was to do a magic act standing on the little platform at the top. Whoops. I must have only been 7 or 8 at the time, but I knew that guy was dead. I'm still impacted by that.

[18Zulu]

Nope couldn’t fly….. isn’t that false advertising?

[michael64]

The FLYING Wallendas?
No.
Ya wanna fly, ya gotta flap.
He didn't flap. Not once.

[lackofreality]

Flying Wallendas

More like the dying Wallendas.

[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by ewankerr

I suppose once his comb-over was revealed he just gave up.

Wouldn't you?

[smudge10]

There was none of this health and safety in the good old days. If people want to throw their lives away doing pointless stunts let em.

[LuckiiDevil21]

[gimlet]

"The Wallenda family attributes the tragedy to "several misconnected guide ropes along the wire" and not the windy conditions."

I am not a high wire engineering RKI, but it looks like the wire started oscillating like the Tacoma Bridge. Kurt's motion and/or the high wind excited the ropes resonant frequency. The guide ropes probably provided a necessary dampening effect, and weren't installed correctly. Perhaps the Wallenda's used criminally negligent Latino labor for the installation and paid the ultimate price.

[Rogan]

we all have off days. it's ok