{"id":432928,"date":"2022-04-16T00:08:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-broke-my-neck-falling-from-a-trapeze-but-i-wont-quit-the-circus\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T00:08:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:08:46","slug":"i-broke-my-neck-falling-from-a-trapeze-but-i-wont-quit-the-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-broke-my-neck-falling-from-a-trapeze-but-i-wont-quit-the-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"#I broke my neck falling from a trapeze \u2014 but I won\u2019t quit the circus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b55d0576a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=144&amp;h=96&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_small size-nyp_small\" alt=\"The Sun\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288 288w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=216 216w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=144 144w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=72 72w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\"\/><br \/>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A circus performer who broke her neck in three places after falling from a trapeze has made a courageous return to the Big Top.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Christian, 21, plummeted 18ft in front of horrified crowds in Sheerness, Kent, last summer, but has decided to brave the dizzying heights again.<\/p>\n<p>The trapeze artist broke her neck in three places from the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/15733023\/female-trapeze-artist-fall-circus-audience-kent\/\">horror fall<\/a>\u00a0in the Santus Circus at Barton\u2019s Point coastal park in July.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, an off-duty firefighter in the audience rushed to help Megan\u2019s colleagues as she lay unconscious and an air ambulance was called to whisk her to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The audience was in shock and Megan\u2019s family, who couldn\u2019t accompany her due to Covid restrictions, were left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Yet just eight months after the traumatic plunge, Megan is back in the air with a new act.<\/p>\n<p>Two of her spinal injuries have healed and one is supported by a metal pin.<\/p>\n<p>Despite doctors warning her to stay clear of trapezes for at least six months, Megan had returned to what she loves by December.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-04.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Megan Christian\" class=\"wp-image-21922914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Megan Christian says she will keep performing. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> \/ Megan Christian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She forced herself to face the failed trick again, practicing it at home, but decided to reinvent herself with a different routine.<\/p>\n<p>She is now <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing in a giant heart-shaped prop at the circus in Maidstone until April 24.<\/p>\n<p>Megan, who is from Iwade, Sittingbourne, told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/sittingbourne\/news\/trapeze-artiste-back-in-big-top-eight-months-after-breaking-265562\/\">KentOnline<\/a>: \u201cYou always know there is a risk. You are doing a job which is unnatural for the body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it has made me think about things differently now that I have been given a second chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone said I was crazy to go back and that I should do something else, but the circus is my blood.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-02.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Megan Christian\" class=\"wp-image-21922919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Megan Christian\u2019s fall was caught on video by some in the audience. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Megan Christian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I see the expressions on the kids\u2019 faces watching the show it just makes it all worthwhile. I wouldn\u2019t want to be doing anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI have a place at home where I practice \u2013 I got back up and made myself do that trick again because I didn\u2019t want to have a mental block.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut afterwards, I decided I needed a fresh start and bought a new heart-shaped prop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy new routine is simpler than before but the main thing was just to get up in the air again and start working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of last July\u2019s audience happened to catch Megan\u2019s horror fall on video, which circulated online before the circus asked all footage to be removed.<\/p>\n<p>Megan said: \u201cI felt perfectly fine that day and went through the first show with no problems. Then I fell in the second show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere wasn\u2019t a problem with the rigging. It was just one of those things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a slip. I remember holding on and thinking \u2018I\u2019m going to fall\u2019. I couldn\u2019t stop myself because my body rotated with quite a force.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-03.jpeg?w=765\" alt=\"Megan Christian\" class=\"wp-image-21922943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-03.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1530 1530w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-03.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1148 1147w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-03.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=765 765w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-03.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=383 382w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/circus-perfomer-broke-neck-alive-03.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\"\/><figcaption>Megan Christian says the circus is in her blood. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Megan Christian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At first, Megan thought she had just broken a shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cWhen they took me to Medway Maritime Hospital and told me I had fractured my neck in three places it was a jaw-on-the-floor moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA chill went over me because I hadn\u2019t prepared for that at all. Suddenly I felt quite nervous. That only went away after the operation when I found I could still stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember one of the doctors stroking my hair and telling me it would be fine and the nurses helping me take off my costume and make-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Circus spokesman Chris Barltop also commented to the paper: \u201cWe are glad Megan is back in the air. She\u2019s a gutsy girl. But that\u2019s circus people for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cSafety nets and safety lunges are not always appropriate. If a performer is leaving contact with the trapeze to fly through the air, they would use a safety device.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in normal circumstances on a static trapeze, it would actually handicap the performer. As with many sports, there\u2019s risk. 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