THIS MORNING WE'RE
CELEBRATED AN ANCIENT ART THIS
DOESN'T ALWAYS GET THE
APPRECIATION IT DECH ISES.
SWORDS SWALLER'S DAY IS TOMORROW
AND JOINING US NOW IS CHRIS, A
PROFESSIONAL SWORD SWALLOWER.
THAT'S RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME, HOW ARE YOU.
THIS IS SO EXCITING, HOW DO
YOU GET INTO THING LIKE THIS?
FASCINATION AS A SMALL
CHILD, I MEAN, JUST SEEING THE
CIRCUS GROWING UP, I SAW SWORD
SWALLOWERS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE,
SWORD SWALLOWERS AND FIRE
BREATHERS HAD TO BE FAKE.
AND AS I REALIZED IT WAS REAL
THEN THE FASCINATION BEGAN OF
HOW CAN I DO THIS AND DECIDED TO
PURSUE A CAREER, THE CIRCUS
ALWAYS ATTRACTED ME BECAUSE THEY
ACCEPT PEOPLE FROM BEING
DIFFERENT AND UNUSUAL AND
CELEBRATE BEING A UNIQUE
INDIVIDUAL.
I'M SURE THERE IS NOT A
SWORD SWALLOWING SCHOOL SO HOW
DID YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
THIS.
THERE ARE IN A FEW PLACES IN
CONEY ISLAND THERE IS A SCHOOL
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO BUT I WAS
SELF-TAUGHT, TOOK ME 7 1/2 YEARS
BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A
SOLID OSTEEL SWORD AND THIS IS
THE ONE I LEARNED ON AND ABLE TO
PERFORM ON STAGE IN FRONT OF
PEOPLE.
CAN YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT,
CAN YOU KEEP PRACTICING UNTIL
YOU GET FURTHER AND FURTHER
DOWN.
I TAKE THE SWORD AND RAISE
IT HIGH INTO MY AIR AND ONE
THING IT PUSHES MY VOICE BOX
FORWARD AND NUDGES HI THEERT THE
SIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PUSHING
IT DOWN, TO WHERE YOUR ESOPHAGUS
BENDS, YOU'LL SEE MY INTERNAL
ORGANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE
STRAIGHTNESS OF THE BLADE UNTIL
IT LANDS IN THE PIT OF MY
STOMACH.
IT IS NOT PAINFUL AT ALL.
IF IT GOES RIGHT IT IS NOT
PAINFUL AT ALL.
AND IT ALWAYS GOES RIGHTING.
AND IF WE GOES WRONG WE HAVE
CAMERAS AND IT WILL BE AMAZING
AND BE ALL OVER TV TOMORROW.
NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
YOU'RE GOING THE SHOW US.
ABSOLUTELY, I'M GOING THE
SWALLOW THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO
BOW TO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO PULL
IT ALL THE WAY OUT OF ME.
I DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS.
THAT IS WHAT MAKING IT SO
EXCITING, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO SAY YES.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
I'M READY.
HERE WE GO, DOWN THE HATCH
WITHOUT A SCRATCH.
CHRIS, OKAY.
I DIDN'T KILL YOU.
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
WE NEED TO SAY, YOU DO NOT
NEED TO DO THIS AT HOME JUST
ALL, LIKE, NO.
THAT IS VERY TRUE.
WHAT I AM DOING IS VERY, VERY
DANGEROUS AND IT HAS TAKEN MANY,
MANY LIVES.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUSING STUNTS IN ALL OF
SIDESHOWS BUT THAT IS WHAT MAKES
IT SO AMAZING.
THIS IS SO COOL AND YOU'RE
REALLY GOOD AT THIS TELL ME
ABOUT THE NEW GUINESS RECORD YOU
JUST SET.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE WENT TO THE
RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM AND CHIMED
INTO THEIR INK THATS, WE SET
THAT WORLD RECORD AND HERE TO
ENTERTAIN THE FINE FOLK, IT IS
WORLD SWORD SWALLER ES' DAY AND
WE'RE RAISING AWARENESS TO
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER AND PAYING
SOME HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE
PAST TO BE HERE TODAY
ENTERTAINING PEOPLE AS WELL.
YOU HAVE CERTAINLY ENTERTAINS
US AND THIS IS A SMALL SAMPLE OF
CHRIS' SHOW TOMORROW AT
2:00 P.M. AND ALSO OTHER
PERFORMANCES AT RIPLEY'S BELIEVE
IT OR NOT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
MORNING LEADING UP TO FINALE,
THE BEST PART IS IT IS FREE
OUTSIDE OF THE AUDITORIUM.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
IT IS A FREE SHOW AND WE'LL GET
STARTED AT TWO, THE BIG DROP IS
AT 2:25 AND THAT IS WHERE SWORD
SWAL LOWERS ALL OVER THE WORLD