Show 1 Another ther Aerialist Another aerialist died recently recently re- re before the eyes of a circus crowd because she was performing high up on a pole without the protection of a net nel below She was tile the third member member mem mem- ber of her family troupe to die in the last 16 months THIS TIllS follows another tragic accident In which a tr trapeze aerialist fell Cell to a hard floor before the eyes of thousands at another circus nce by only a few months Neither was she protected by a net below We do not believe people come to a circus to see these performers perform in in the hope or morbid thought that they might be killed Of or course that possibility is real when they are arc allowed to perform without a safety safely net stretched below them BUT THEIR act would be just as good if it they performed with a net below Some circus aerialists scorn a net and talk about the tile real pros as those who perform without a net But a certain number of the pros kill themselves I regularly because all aU of us are human and mistakes are made and will continue to be made The disturbing thing tiling about circus deaths of this kind land is that they occur before thousands thou thou- thousands sands of or spectators often children chil chil- dren The shock of such a tragedy is very great for Cor young oung and 1 e c children and there is no reason reason rea rea- son why they should be subjected subjected sub- sub to lo such a mental or or- deal WIRE HIGH performers and aerialists of all kinds should be required to perform above a net Even if only half hah a dozen dozen dozen doz doz- en lives a year were saved by such a law it would be more than justified |