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Only centimeters from his body. >> the only bruise i got was to the ego of a perfectionist who wanted to finish a stunt the way he wrote it on paper. >> ladies and gentlemen, lets give a big round of applause to jasen! >> i was so emotional. >> do you want to say anything to the fans? >> yeah. >> and now ladies and gentlemen, jasen magic. >> i took a big swallow, thanked everybody for being there. apologized to everybody. >> whatever you do, dont hang upside down with a burning rope. youd be an ...

I knew that the fire would burn through the rain as long as we had more fuel than we had rain. >> minutes away from the performance, jasen appears relaxed, even jovial. >> and they set the magician on fire, too. >> just after 9:00 p.m., joe makes the announcement. its show time. >> ladies and gentlemen, the man of the hour, jasen magic! lets hear it. make some noise! >> a professional camera crew records the action as jasen gets strapped into the harness and joe lights the rope on fire. meanwhil...

>> the crane lifts jasen upside down 50 feet above the river. >> so jasens job was to get out of the straight jacket, detach himself from the harness. hed be free and clear from the rope. and with any luck, as hes being brought down, the rope burns through showing a dramatic finish to a successful stunt. >> but things dont go as planned. immediately, joe sees jasen struggling with the straight jacket. >> the canvas that these straight jackets are made from will shrink and tighten in the rain. it...

We needed to get him down and close to us. >> jasens sister yells in desperation. >> i remember people yelling, go faster, bring him down. but he couldnt. he was literally going as fast as he could. >> the crane operator lowers jasen into the river as firefighters battle the flames. >> i saw him lifeless, hanging back. i was really, really scared. i didnt know what the situation was at that point. i knew it wasnt good. >> but then slowly, joe chasney sees signs of life in his friend. it turns ou...

A daring stunt goes awry when a magician dangling 50 feet in the air catches fire. >> bring him down! bring him down! >> oh, my god! >> i was really scared that he was getting burned badly. or even die. >> where are we supposed to go? >> the blue tarp. >> the blue tarp. >> august 28, 1998, mt. clemmons, michigan, a suburb of detroit. every year, the bat city festival draws thousands of people to the banks of the clinton river. >> jasens the man! >> the closing act is the popular area entertainer...

Based on just moral objections. back to "caught on camera." a daring stunt goes awry when a magician dangling 50 feet in the air catches fire. >> oh, my god! >> i was really scared that he was getting burned badly. or even die. >> where are we supposed to go? >> the blue tarp. >> mt. clemmons, michigan. august 28, 1998. a suburb of detroit. every year the bat city festival draws thousands of people to the banks of the clinton river. >> jasens the man! >> a closing act is the popular

[ screaming ] >> i didnt hesitate a nanosecond and i told that crane operator bring him down. we needed to get him down and close to us. >> jasens sister yells in desperation. >> i remember people yelling go faster, bring him down. but he couldnt. he was literally going as fast as he could. >> the crane operator lowers jasen into the river as firefighters battle the flames. >> i saw him lifeless hanging back. i was really, really scared. i didnt know what the situation was at that point. i knew ...

Causing only minor burns. >> the only bruise i got was to the ego of a perfectionist who wanted to finish a stunt the way he wrote it on paper. >> ladies and gentlemen, lets give a big round of applause to jasen! >> i was so emotional. >> do you want to say anything to the fans? >> yeah. >> and now ladies and gentlemen, jasen magic. >> i put the microphone on. took a big swallow. thanked everybody for being there. apologized to everybody. >> whatever you do, dont hang upside down with a burning ...