they fell 25 feet from a tight rope. that's what firefighters down in sarasota, florida tell our local station there, wtvt out of tampa. this happened earlier this afternoon. we're told the performers were rehearsing for a show featuring the famous dare devil nick wallenda. he was right on the tight rope at the time. he was not hurt. the word is the tight rope just snapped. the head of the circus arts conservatory called it a terrible accident. >> accidents do happen, as we know. a circus artis, sometimes we're compared to nascar drivers, formula 1 drivers that push the limit. i'm sure that nick wallenda will want to go back up on the high wire as a true circus artist. i will tell you, the show must go on. >> five hurt. four serious. now they tell us at least two have critical injuries.

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