Chinese acrobat, seriously injured after a fatal fall
Chinese acrobat, seriously injured after a fatal fall
A Chinese acrobat who lost his wife and stage partner last year due to a terrible fall, was seriously injured again this week during a performance, as state media reported.
misfortune during a performance
Zhang Kai, 39 years old, plunged several meters on a hard cement floor on Monday evening while performing an air rope. Two fabric railways that he held tore off from the crane, which led to this fateful incident.
The accident captured on Douyin
The terrible moment was transferred live by Zhang himself to Douyin, the Chinese sister app from Tiktok, reports the state media company Xiaoxiang Morning Herald.
state of health of Zhang Kai
Zhang suffered injuries to the face and leg fractures, but was no longer in mortal danger on Wednesday. However, he stayed in the intensive care unit, as his family of the Chengdu Business Daily, another state newspaper.
The terrible loss
The late wife of Zhang, with surname Sun, Air cable performance with her husband in a village in the province of Anhui in April of last year. This incident triggered horror and dismay on social media because it lacked security measures for the actors.
The reactions to the incident
Online videos of this tragedy show how the couple was pulled up into the air by a crane over a large open-air stage. As they rocked in the air, Sun hugged her husband's head and hung on him during a transition campaign. But she lost the hold and fell on the hard stage under the horrified screams of the audience. Zhang tried to catch them with his legs, but failed.
demand for more security
The incident caused turmoil in the Chinese social media. Many users asked why Sun was not wearing a seat belt and why there was no safety net or a crash mat on the floor. Others called for stricter regulations for the acrobatics industry and better protection for the actors.
studies and consequences
An investigation of the incident by the local authorities showed that the company that was organizing the show had not obtained any approval from the authorities and failed to provide important security measures and emergency measures during the performance. The use of a crane for the performance was also a violation of the regulations, according to the government.
call to improve security standards
The Chinese acrobatics association gave a statement at the time in which it asked acrobatics groups and actors to attract greater attention to security measures.
a personal loss
In his Douyin biography, Zhang, the father of two children, is that the incident last year “the person I loved the most and I now have to support the entire family alone.”
a new challenge for Zhang
Before the performance on Monday, Zhang in a video on Douyin said that he had taken on this job to step in for a friend who could not appear at the show, and described it as “a new challenge.”
wishes for a quick recovery
on Douyin, many users Zhang wished a quick recovery. Some asked him to look for a different job for his children, otherwise he was exposed to great risks.
cnn’s Hassan Tayir contributed to this report.
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