Video captures terrifying moment human cannonball falls from net in stunt gone wrong

Video captures terrifying moment human cannonball falls from net in stunt gone wrong

Chachi Valencia, a sixth-generation circus performer who has been working on the human cannonball act for 30 years, was injured in a recent accident.

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Chachi “The Rocketman” Valencia was expecting an uneventful flight, just as he’s experienced hundreds of times before. But when you’re choosing to have yourself shot out of a cannon, the wind can have other ideas.  The mistake, by Valencia, happened at the Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival in Indio, California.  Valencia, with the assistance of his wife, was hired for a weekend of performances. He says when he got shot out of the ca…