10 daredevils who lost their lives during insane stunts
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Growing up, I loved to watch That’s Incredible. It was a show that showcases daredevils performing various stunts, sometimes inside the studio, sometimes filmed in location. It was good fun, especially when you take into account that nobody died while performing said stunts during the show’s lifespan.
Today’s daredevils, however, weren’t so lucky. From a guy who though it was smart to try something he saw on YouTube, to the tragic demise of America’s first daredevil, here are 10 daredevils who lost their lives doing stunts.
Number 10. Kyle Lee
Many daredevils, in fact, probably all of them, give a standard warning every time they do stunts, and that’s for people not to try whatever they’re doing at home. That warning works, for the most part, and has probably saved a lot of would be daredevils from imminent and even fatal harm. It doesn’t always work though.
In March 2013, Kyle Lee Stocking attempted to duplicate a feat he saw on YouTube. If the stunt had gone as planned, the 22-year-old would have swung beneath the 110-foot Corona arch near Moab, Utah, after jumping off the top. But he misjudged the length of the rope he was using, and instead of swinging he struck the ground, killing him on impact.
This tragedy highlighted a growing problem of people trying to imitate stunts they see on YouTube, from something as seemingly harmless as swallowing cinnamon, which can collapse your lungs by the way, to jumping off moving vehicles.
Number 9. Sailendra Nath Roy
Some have strong arms, others have strong legs, Sailendra Nath Roy on the other hand, is proud of his super strong hair. This part time daredevil did a lot of crazy stunts with his hair, including pulling a narrow gauge train with his ponytail, which he claimed to keep strong with mustard oil, but of course, we’re not here to talk about his hair care regimen.
We are, however, going to talk about the last hair centric stunt he did, which was going down a zipline using his own hair. He’s done the stunt before. In fact, he held the Guinness record for farthest distance on a zipline using hair. But during his final performance, the 48 year old’s heart wasn’t up for the stress of the stunt.
Spectators witnessed the daredevil stop midway through the zipline, around 300 feet down. He struggled for close to 30 minutes, shouting for help, but there were no emergency personnel on hand and no one could understand what he was saying. At the end of the half hour, he became still. When paramedics finally cut him down he was already dead, apparently dying of a heart attack.
Number 8. Audrey Mestre
Free diving is an exciting, albeit extremely dangerous sport. I mean, diving in full scuba gear is already dangerous enough, can you imagine yourself doing so armed only with a set of flippers and goggles? A lot of people seem to love free diving though, enough to risk their own lives, as according to ABC News, roughly 2 percent of the free diving population dies every year — that's 100 deaths per 5,000 divers.
Audrey Mestre was one of those people. The free diving champion set out to break the "no limits" dive world record of 531.5 feet. Everything went swimmingly, so to speak, on the way down. Swimming back up was the problem. According to the Miami Herald, her cause of death was equipment failure — in no-limits free diving, an air tank fills a balloon, which helps the diver get quickly back to the surface. Mestre's air tank didn't have enough air in it to inflate the balloon.
The International Association of Free Divers gave Mestre a posthumous honor for the practice dive she'd completed a few days earlier — 558 feet, which was just 3 feet short of the dive that killed her.
Number 7. Matt Cranch
The human cannonball is one of the oldest stunts in the daredevil’s handbook. The very first human cannonball took to the air in 1872, launching the careers of a long, distinguished line of people who ultimately died in the line of duty. Broken limbs, broken backs, and broken heads are all just part and parcel, but that didn’t stop Matt Cranch from giving it a go.
Back in 2011, Cranch was about to perform as a human cannonball for the first time, in front of hundreds of people in Kent, England. He was supposed to land safely on a safety net after being launched 40 feet into the air. The launch was fine, but his net collapsed upon him landing on it. He hit head first and died from his injuries. An inquest later found that the quick-release mechanism on the safety net hadn't been set properly.
