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Fallen <em>Spider-Man</em> Actor Describes 30-Foot Tumble
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 3, 2011
Modified Jan 3, 2011
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Tune in to Channel 2 News tonight at 11 p.m., when CBS 2 broadcasts the first interview with the aerialist who is lucky to be alive after falling nearly 30 feet during a performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark last month. Performer Christopher Tierney, 32, suffered a hairline skull fracture, four broken ribs, a bruised lung, internal bleeding and cracked three vertebrae from the accident, which occurred when the harness and wire that should have lifted him in the air instead went slack. Here's CBS 2's sensational teaser trailer for the big interview:
"I was falling and then I saw once I hit the darkness of the stage, I had to just turn it real quick so I wasn't going to fall on my head and I crashed on my back," Tierney tells CBS 2. "The last thing I remember was like, uh, just going, 'Oh, God.' " After undergoing back surgery, Tierney was moved to a rehabilitation center, and is finally back on his feet, albeit with a back brace. And although one of the show's female leads has quit the beleaguered production, Tierney says he can't wait to slip back into the Spidey suit and rejoin the cast!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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