Wingwalker Dies In Stunt Gone Wrong

A wing walker plunged 200ft feet to his death when his air show stunt went disastrously wrong - but tragically many in the crowd thought his fall was part of the act. As these terrifying pictures show, Todd Green, 48, had been attempting to grab on to a helicopter hovering above a bi-plane as part of a death-defying stunt. But as he reached for the metal landing skid on the helicopter he slipped and fell to his death. Many in the 75,000 crowd at the air show in Selfridge, near Detroit, Michigan, thought the fall was part of the show and that a dummy had been thrown to the ground. It was only when emergency crews rushed out to the stricken wing walker that they realised it was an accident. Officials said Green, a father of two, had tried to grab hold of the helicopter from a Stearman aircraft at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, in Harrison Township, on two occasions, and slipped as he made a third attempt. An ambulance took him to Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, but he died from his injuries. 'I thought it was part of the stunt,' said spectator Jeremy Mitchell. 'Even when the announcer said it wasn't a part of the show, it still felt surreal. It wasn't until the ambulance came that it set in.' Photographer Ed Goodfellow was at the event and said Mr Green looked like a mannequin as he fell. He told the Windsor Star: 'Sometimes a dummy can be thrown from an aeroplane during air shows to create the impression that something has gone wrong as a joke.' And witness Arnold Sese told ABC News: 'It looked like a dummy falling to the ground. But when the emergency crews started rushing to the runway everyone knew it wasn't part of the stunt.' Jennifer Bradley, of Linden, was at the show with her sons, aged seven and 11, and said: 'There were lots of tears. We sat and prayed together.

Not to be a dick or anything but this is exactly why I'm not a wingwalker, because wingwalkers die. Feel terrible for this guys kids. But if I had kids you wouldn't see me trying to jump into a helicopter from an airplane 200 feet above the ground. Darwinism at it's finest here. Here's a link to better video. http://youtu.be/u2Mh3NcIOs4