The experienced stuntman is on his way to recovery after being seriously injured when a gust of wind blew by a surprising crowd of people who surprised his world-famous human shell acts.
Chachi Valencia, known as Rocket Man Valencia, performed a stunt at the Riverside County Fair and National Dating Festival in Indio, California, when he was blown away from the course on March 2nd.
Valencia missed the exact landing point of his safety net and bounced back into the air, crashing into the concrete beneath him.
“Take it every day with my loyal puppy,” Valencia wrote in an update posted on his GofundMe on Monday, relaxingly beside the cast's arms.
“I appreciate the time to heal and absorb all my love and snuggle. This is a bright day ahead.”
A video of the horrifying stunts filmed by Festival Garkar shows Valencia wearing a yellow jumpsuit being fired from a huge cannon.
However, as he flew around the air, a gust of wind pushed him out of the course, pushing him towards the narrow safety net of safety suspended in the air on the pole.
The stuntman's body landed on the side of the net and sent him back into the air.
The horrifying festivalrs saw Daredevil's body spun through the air, just before the violent clash.
The festival workers lay motionless on the ground and quickly rushed to Valencia.
The sixth generation circus performer was rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with a fractured rib, wrist and cleft liver, according to his Gofundme.
“Beyond physical pain, medical costs are already increasing and the path to recovery will be long,” his son, David Valencia, wrote.
“He has been facing quite a bit of time from his work and his passion, and the financial tensions have increased the stress on his health and well-being.”
The free-flying performer recalls that he was pushed “all all the way to the edge of the net” before he turned black.
“From then on, I have no recollection of anything until I get in the ambulance and go to the hospital,” Valencia said. NBC 5 March 7th.
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The stuntman said he was practicing his stunt with the wind the day before, but while he was doing the act during showtime, the gusts that hit him were stronger than he prepared and pushed him back directly.
He was only 15 minutes after his performance when the horrifying incident occurred.
Valencia stayed at a relative's house in California after the accident, but has since returned to her northern Texas home.
He said he hopes he can return to playing his beloved stunts for the fans as soon as possible.
Valencia, who has been involved in the Human Cannonball Act for 30 years, was shot from a cannon, fired 65 feet in the air and landed on a net 20 feet away from the ground, reaching 55 mph. Website.
Valencia told USA Today that during his first 15 years involved in the stunt, he would now take over his wife after firing the cannon.
He performed human cannonball acts at some of the biggest stages imaginable.
According to his website, the Freefly Fly stuntman was shot and aired by Canon in front of NASCAR fans at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony, the 2014 Carnival Competition in Rio de Janeiro and the 2022 Texas Motor Speedway.
