roy of sigfried and roy in critical condition

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after one of the tigers attacks him during a show... ouch

[bullseye]

ghey:rolleyes:

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Originally posted by bullseye:peeleft:

ghey:rolleyes:

[housedog]

This is the funniest thing to me. Yeah Yeah whatever I have a warp sense of humor. But think about it, he is dealing with a wild animal. These things can happen at any time. The only thing I wish I was at the show to see it, would of been great. But in all honesty even if I was in Vegas I would not go to this show.

Siegfried & Roy illusionist mauled by tiger

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS - A trained tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo Siegfried & Roy during a performance, biting his neck and dragging him off stage.

Horn's manager said today the illusionist had surgery and was in critical condition.

People attending the German-born duo's show Friday night at the Mirage hotel-casino said the white tiger lunged at Horn shortly after he led it on stage, and that he tried to beat the animal off with a microphone.

"We honestly thought it was part of the show. We didn't know what was going on," said Sharna Wiblen, who was in the audience.

Andy Cushman, also in the audience, said Horn "looked like a rag doll" as the tiger dragged him off the stage.

The illusionist was taken to a hospital and had surgery on the neck area, Horn's longtime manager, Bernie Yuman, said today. He said Horn's doctors said the surgery went as expected and that Horn was in critical but stable condition.

"Roy has had a rapport with exotic animals for 44 years," but he never takes that for granted, Yuman told NBC television.

"At the end of the day, when you perform that many shows and have no incident whatsoever, this is the anomaly," he said. "I would say that most of us are traumatized."

Mirage spokesman Alan Feldman said Horn, who turned 59 on Friday, had a serious injury to the left side of his neck. Horn was able to talk with the ambulance staff on the way to the hospital, Clark County Fire spokesman Bob Leinbach said.

Horn, the dark-haired member of the duo, appeared alone on stage with the tiger about 45 minutes into the show and told the audience the animal was making its debut, Cushman said.

After the attack, Cushman said, Siegfried Fischbacher appeared on stage and said the performance was cancelled.

Hotel officials said the show has been cancelled indefinitely. The tiger involved in the attack, a seven-year-old male named Montecore, was quarantined at the hotel, officials said.

"Roy is a very, very strong-willed person as well as having physical strength," Yuman said. "I'm cautiously optimistic."

The illusionists' show, with its signature white tigers and lions, is one of the most well-known and expensive in Las Vegas.

The pair perform six shows a week and have been performing in Las Vegas for more than 30 years. They signed a lifetime contract with the Mirage in 2001.

[phuturephunk]

..I don't think its funny at all...I mean, these guys do what they love to do, yeah yeah, you can say 'well, you play with fire..'..blah blah...but don't think its funny just because its an 'odd' line of work...How many of you people out there can honestly say you fucking love doing what you do to keep a roof over your head in this life......

..Those guys have been getting on stage and showing their love for performance for years...that alone is fulfilling the American dream right there..a dream that most of you will probably never attain......

[Teknojunkee]

after 30 years...you can bet he wasnt expecting that.