The use of explosives to destroy a building, whether by explosion or implosion, can be classified as an inherently dangerous activity, and for good reason. People get hurt when things blow up. That’s what I was thinking when I told both my sons that we were not going to see the Criss Angel building escape event in person.

On July 30, 2008 Criss Angel, the illusionist made famous from his A&E television series, performed a Harry Houdiniesque escape from an vacant hotel building on Clearwater Beach in Florida, while the building was being destroyed. The event was shown live on A&E and covered by the local media. The building was already scheduled for demolition and the City of Clearwater entered into an agreement with the Criss Angel team to have him do his live event from the building.

Naturally as a Clearwater personal injury attorney, I was nervous about things that could go wrong and chose to watch the event on live T.V. with my family. Fortunately, by all accounts nobody was injured from the actual event itself. Congratulations to the City of Clearwater, and the Mindfreak team for pulling off their event safely.

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Clearwater based personal injury lawyer James W. Dodson has more than 20 years experience in representing clients involved in auto accident lawsuits in the Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater Florida area.