Escape artist pulls off coffin skydive at 14,500ft

An escape artist has parachuted safely to the ground after freeing himself from handcuffs and a locked coffin while it was falling at 210km/h from 14,500ft in the air.

Escape artist pulls off coffin skydive at 14,500ft
Thu, 08 Aug, 2013 - 01:00
Jenny Johnson

Anthony Martin, 47, waved to a crowd after landing softly in a field in Illinois, about 113km south west of Chicago.

He said that after freeing himself, he watched the box plummet to the ground.

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