340 Pound Man Falls from 10 Foot Tightrope!

He wanted to walk the tightrope like the famous circus freaks do for Ringling and Barnum Bailey Circus. He wanted for one night, to become the Greatest Show on Earth. But instead Jim Murray sits in a South Carolina hospital with 2 broken legs, and 45 stitches in his right foot!

Murray has heard people tell him for years he was too fat to walk a tightrope. The rope is tight as advertised and takes World Class skill and balance to walk one.

Murray invited a local radio station that is known as a country music network to cover the World Record Weight attempt. He would be heaviest man to ever try to walk 50 yards on a tightrope 10 foot above the ground.

At the 6 foot length, Murray started to lose his balance. A strong gush of wind came from behind, and the 340 pounder went overboard. Spectators started chanting "Humpty Dumpty"over and over! "It was uncalled for. They were very disrespectful. I will attempt this World Record once I recover" he tells me.

Murray would break both legs despite only a 10 foot fall. "He fell fast. His weight pushed him to the ground faster than most people. He was screaming in pain. We were lucky we had a paramedic crew on hand" says his manager Tom Dole.

"He was screaming, and cursing" says a local spectator. Good luck with the recovery. On his next attempt when ever that may be, I will make the trip down to South Carolina to cover this historic rematch between bigman and tightrope lol!