The Flying Wallendas - Ypsilanti Heritage Festival MT TV

On January 30, 1962, the seven person pyramid of the Flying Wallendas, broke up, when one of the members yelled out, "I can't hold any more," and fell off the wire. Two people were killed and a third paralyzed in the resulting fall. However, the next day, the remaining members of the troupe performed. It was a horrific accident that was long remembered in Detroit.
A few years back, The Flying Wallendas performed the seven person pyramid at the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival. It was awe inspiring.

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[AlexWall2020]

MY family!.<3333333

Alex Wallenda here!

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

AND TO THINK THEY WERE PROBABLY PAID PEANUTS AT THE TIME FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WORLD TELLICAST EVENT ! AMAZING !

[JettRink50]

I still have the newspaper clippings from that fall. That's how I got interested in the Wallendas. I later

met Karl, Herman, and Gunther when they spent several summers at a nearby resort.

[exeuroweenie]

Jeesh,and I get dizzy on a step stool.Are they Mexican? Look like they could be.I had a professor from Puebla named Wallenda.

[ANGUSYOUNGISMYGOD]

Is there any video of the Jan. 30, 1962 fall? Would love to see it.

[chestnutsev7]

and what is it you actually do working with the wallendas.

[LipSyncLover]

wow. i feel very proud to be able to say that i work with the most recent generation of wallendas. They are still very amazing. :)

[onfire260]

Oops...I didn't realize that my nephew was signed on (onfire260). My post below is from blclark5@charter.net...Sorry..­.Betty

[onfire260]

My family and I were in Detroit that night. I remember seeing the front man kind of buckle at the knees. The whole pyramid went down. The music stopped, the crowd watched in total horror and silence as the bodies fell with a sickening thud. My Mom tried to cover the eyes of my sisters (I was 13, my sisters were 8 and 3 at the time). Some performers were holding onto the wire. Then they fell, too. We never went to another circus. The sights and sounds that night are still with me. Betty

[hartistry1957]

What! No brain matter and intestines?