Etrapeze artist David Nery Castanheiramember of the Circo Quiros team that performs these days in Madrid, next to the Islazul shopping center, suffered an accident in the afternoon of last Saturday, March 4. fall from a height of 7 meters during the performance of the show ‘La rueda de la muerte’, as reported by the Europa Press agency.
The artist abruptly rushed to the canvas in front of the salon audience and his companions and lay motionless on the ground, which made his companions believe that he had died instantly. However, when Summa 112 troops from Madrid arrived, they verified that the trapeze artist was still alive and transferred him to the Hospital October 12 from the capital, where he was only observed for four hours before receiving a medical discharge certifying that he was in perfect condition.
As Télémadrid reported this Monday, despite the great height from which he fell, David Nery would have been one chin cut who drove the toilet to give him 10 stitches. A very small injury considering the gravity of the facts.
In fact, David himself clarified on Madrid television that he was perfectly fine and that, although he wanted to return to duty on Sunday, he had not done so on the recommendation of doctors. Of course, next week he will again be one of the great protagonists of Quirós with his show “The wheel of death”.
“The Wheel of Death”
In ‘La Rueda de la Muerte’, David Nery rides a spinning wheel on which he and another acrobat do things as shocking to the public as jumping rope, doing acrobatics and hanging from 7 meters high.
“They risk it at every function,” said the circus spokesperson after the incident, highlighting the work that each of the artists does every day, then qualifying what happened on Saturday as a “miracle “.
Messages of support to David. / Social networks
Flowers from the public and affection from his colleagues
As soon as he returned to the circus, David Nery received the affection of both his colleagues and the public who, in addition to welcoming him with applause, sent him several bouquets of flowers and other details to show him their affection and gratitude. for the work he has done. , week after week, he does it at the risk of his life to give the best of himself on the show.