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>> how do you feel about your brother performing? >> very, very calm. >> they filmed the events of the day from a distance. the local news is there to cover jasen's story. as jasen gets ready to take the stage, the weather begins to turn. >> you maybe can't see, but there's a huge storm blowing in here. the wind is majorly picking up. and it's raining. >> night falls and the crowd is filled with anticipation. >> we were so concerned with putting on an entertaining show -- i'm telling you, it never occurred to us at any moment the rain would be a factor. a hurricane could have come to michigan,...

Localent tear entertainer and ma mission, jasen. >> he had this grand idea. he really wanted to break through the local market into a national spotlight. >> jasen is performing an extraordinary feat. one that has taken four months to prepare. it's a well-known escape act created by harry houdini in the 1920s. the stunt entails hanging upside down and escaping from a straight jacket. only jasen plans on taking it up a notch. the twist was it he was going to perform this stunt with the hope that was holding had him up, upside down, on fire. >> jasen's best friend joe chasny works as his emcee. a...

Need to make some adjustments. >> because of the rain we wanted to put a bit of extra fuel on the platform and on the rope. i knew 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. it's show time. >> ladies and gentlemen, the man of the hour! let's 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. m...

The ego of a perfectionist who wanted to finish a stunt the way he wrote it on paper. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's 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, don't hang upside down with a burning rope. you'd be an idiot to. thanks again. >> jasen may have failed to complete the stunt the way he imagined it, but he does get the attention he had hoped for. and the entertaine...

From jasen's body causing 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, let's 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. thank thanked everybody for being there. apologized to everybody. >> whatever you do, don't hang upside down with a burning rope. you would be an idiot to. thanks again. >> jasen may have failed to compl...