[dramatic music]
Good?
Nice and slow.
Slow, guys.
Nice and slow.
Watch the edge.
All right. Slowly.
Start letting him in.
Even.
You've gotta move.
Go more towards that side.
Criss is going in.
All right.
Drop the rope.
Drop the ropes down to the sides.
[dramatic music]
CRISS ANGEL: I will be placed inside a coffin.
The coffin will be lowered six feet.
It will be completely covered by more
than 120 cubic feet of snow.
I'm going to do all of that in what I hope
to be no more than 30 minutes.
JOHN FARRELL: So with the first Buried Alive,
it was a very small group of people who
witnessed the demonstration.
But for White Death at Mammoth, it was open to the public.
We had hundreds of people there.
Very carefully.
Guys, everybody, follow me.
We're going to walk around.
I'll take the lead.
Don't get too close to the edge.
In addition to the SPOV camera,
we actually picked some spectators
who we allowed to go right up to the grave site's edge
and look down and see that it was Criss
still shackled in that coffin.
In fact, Criss is not going to attempt
to get out of those cuffs until he's
completely covered with snow.
All right, guys.
All right, let's start bringing snow
in around the sides, around his feet,
around the sides of the coffin.
[dramatic music]
We've got patrollers here on hand.
[dramatic music]
Let me get some of that over here.
Can you see him?
Can you see his face?
Can you guys see him?
It's getting foggy in there.
Hi, Criss.
[interposing voices]
Still see him, right?
Cover everything up.
All right?
Everybody ready?
This is the last peek?
This is it.
This is the last time we're going to see you.
MAN: Right there.
That's it.
SCOTT QUIRSFELD: I've been on the mountain
for about 10 years.
And I've dealt with a lot of avalanches and people
suffocating.
And I do a lot of training with burials.
And it's always very high risk and a big concern.
We have the Sno-Cat right here.
That's going to come plow all this snow on top of him
after they get a good layer.
This snow is really wet and heavy.
It's a lot heavier than I thought it was going to be.
A lot of weight all at once.
There's incredible dangers, especially
in the initial phases of once getting
that weight on top of him.
[dramatic music]
CRISS ANGEL: Oh god help me.
All right, here we go.
We're bringing the Cat in, you guys.
Coming in, everybody.
[dramatic music]
No!
Let's try to even this out.
How long has he been in, John?
I don't know.
Does anybody have a time on how long he's been in there?
Anybody have the time?
Whatever it is, it's too long.
[shouting]
[bleep].
If we put too much, it might crush him.
But just a little more.
[screams]
Jesus Christ.
[crowd screams]
Please, Jesus.
[crowd screams]
If everybody could stand back a little bit, please.
We lost about two feet down there.
[interposing voices]
Oh my god.
Joe, what do we do?
You guys stay back in the back.
Don't stand on it.
We saw Criss Angel get buried in a coffin.
We heard a noise, like a thump.
We're very concerned for him because he's not out yet.
And we are scared that he's not going to make it.
Shovel, shovel.
Shovel guy's coming.
If everybody could stand back a little bit, please.
He gave me explicit instructions for us not to go in there
and get him no matter what.
So I've got to wait at least another 20 minutes before, you
know, we break the rules.
How long has he been in there already?
30 minutes.
20 more.
It's a whole hour, full hour from beginning to end.
They say after 30 minutes of being buried under the snow
that your chances of survival are cut in half.
A little lip.
Did you see anything?
No.
The coffin's so far down, so deep in the snow.
Did you guys not have a code or something
that he's knocking?
Or you know, a certain amount of times?
He can't hear it when he's down six feet.
The hypothermia, it'll start lowering your core body
temperature, which decreases your motor functions,
including breathing.
Listen, quiet.
You can hear him digging.
[rustling noise]
Come on, damn it.
There it is!
We see it.
[dramatic music]
[crowd cheers]
Holy [bleep].
[crowd cheers]