Houdini’s Stunning
New trick!!!!!
By Stacy Lasgard
Detroit, Nov 27, 1906
I’m Stacy Lasgard and I’m here on the Detroit Bridge. A crowd has gathered on the bridge above the Detroit River to see an amazing act by Houdini himself. He is only wearing a pair of trunks and handcuffs. He jumps into a hole in the ice, splashing into the freezing water.
The crowd is anxiously waiting for Houdini to pop out of the hole. A minute passes. Then another. Then another. The clock is ticking, and I sense that tension is rising in the crowd. Will Houdini make it? Six minutes have passed and still no Houdini. A diver starts preparing to go after him.
Wait just a second! What’s that? It’s him! Cries of joy erupt as a shivering Houdini is pulled up and wrapped in a blanket.
“Well, the handcuffs were simple,” says a relieved Houdini, “but by the time I got them off I realized that the current had brought me far away. I had to find the hole again. I was running out of air so I breathed under the ice above the water repeatedly until I found the light again.” Houdini hugs his team members. Again Houdini has stunned the world with his amazing stunts and bravery.
