KNTV Early Today May 6, 2014
For the high wire circus act that sent eight acrobats plummeting during a performance in rhode island. Investigators now say a carabiner which is a common clip, was found in pieces on the ground after that accident. All eight acrobats are still hospitalized this morning. Four in good condition, four in serious condition. Nbcs ron mott has more. Reporter it hails as a human chandelier, eight female aerials hanging by their hair, but it turns frightening in a flash. Their fall cushioned only by a thin rubber mat leaving them and a male performer below with multiple broken bones and in one case, ...