Seriously Insane Stunts That People Sadly Didn't Survive

Professional daredevils have all kinds of reasons for performing insane stunts. Maybe they just like the thrill of danger, maybe they feel like they have something to prove to the world, or maybe they just want to prove something to themselves. Regardless, some daredevils have taken it too far and attempted stunts that sadly ended in their deaths. They may have even taken every necessary safety precaution, but something they couldn’t have predicted caused it to go wrong. From the "MythBusters" star who tried to break a world record to the only fatality in X Games history, let’s take a look at some seriously insane stunts that people sadly didn’t survive.

#Stunts #Dangerous #Daredevil

Mike Hughes' Rocket | 0:00
Jessi Combs broke records | 1:44
Caleb Moore's X Games stunt | 2:39
Uli Emanuele's base jump | 3:48
Angela Madsen's fatal row | 4:46

[GrungeHQ]

RIP to all of these daring stunt performers.

[rarebreed]

At my age, just getting up out of bed and getting dressed turns into a Daredevil stunt.

[vanmeel]

Jessi Combs was my boss at Breeze ski shop, she was the one who hired me way back in the day, and she was so freaking awesome. She was my all time favorite boss for sure, she always had a huge smile on her face and always made work so cool and she was one amazing skier! She was with us until she went off to Wyoming to get her degree. It is so sad that she passed but at least she went out doing something so incredibly bad ass and she will always be known through out history. RIP Jessi.

[hackdaniels]

2:37 You can't be 'posthumously' awarded a land speed record, surely? I mean, *not dying* is the most difficult part.

[sketchartist]

Life is dangerous enough without having to increase the risks by flirting with danger. I see no merit in endangering life just to get a few thrills.

[kathysinger]

I like how they say, "He died doing what he loved". I wonder if when they were dying they were thinking, "I love This".

[hisvorpalsword]

Death from attempting a stunt: "He died doing what he loved." 
Death from drug overdose: "We all tried to stop him."

[markelijio]

Bennie Dobbins was the best stuntman in television and features in the business for years.
People were always there for him every step of the way such as Jack Gill. Learning how to do many
insane stunts and get some of them right. But for Bennie Dobbins, it wasn't that easy. It was tough.
He died at age 55 in Vienna, Austria in 1989. There thousands of people such as Jack Gill, Andy Gill,
Joel Kramer, Vic & Wendy Armstrong, the Baxley Family, Tony Brubaker, Bob Hoy, Max Kleven,
Bob Herron, Roydon Clark, Terry Leonard, Walter Scott, Kay Whipple and more were all there to
paid their respects to this loving stuntman. They're all been very grateful.

[sam]

I didn't know Angela Madsen died during one of her trips. She was very inspirational..I remember learning about it several years ago and was always fascinated by her story.

[johneel]

Insane stunts caught on tape that we refuse to show

[Bill]

This is why you NEVER buy your Rocket Ship from the ACME Company.

[galacticmaui]

Problem with being a daredevil is when mistakes happen you usually pay with your life. Sad all these people died but I can’t say any of it seemed worth it. You stay in that lifestyle long enough and it’s a question of when not if.

[dave]

BacK in the late 70s NBC had a show called “That’s Incredible!” It showed outrageous stunts and daredevils all over the country doing stunts. One I never forgot was some guy out on an airport runway with a sports car driving straight at him jumping over the car at top speed. Crazy stuff that today you see constantly but 45 years ago not that often.

[AMadScientist]

Yeah....there's a 1 in 2500 chance of dying when using a wing suit....I'd imagine those odds go WAY up when using a wing suit to fly through a 6 foot wide hole in a stone mountain.

[devinq]

I vividly remember watching Caleb's crash live on TV with my mom and it still is surprising to me that he was able to walk to the ambulance and then died. RIP to him and everyone else on this list.

[millsteel]

I remember in January of 1985 at the Thrill Show, in Houston, a stuntman died by trying to recreate going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He was hoisted up a hundred feet or so at the center of the Astrodome, then dropped into a fiberglass tank holding water. He clipped the side of the tank and the foam floating in the water did little to break the surface tension. I remember when they opened the barrel, I could see blood....quite a site for a young teenager. Later in the show we were informed he had died.

[GettingToHeaven]

Thanks for making the video. Great watch.

[bigimskiweisenheimer]

Those wing suit people. How does one practise a sport such as this? Usually in a sport, you learn by making mistakes. And taking risk but failing sometimes. This sport asks for nothing short of absolute perfection every single time.
That's a lot to maintain.

[dukeon]

I’m not sure I want to know, but I’d imagine there have been some pretty gruesome deaths from some of the more insane parkour stunts, like jumping from the top of one really tall building to the next. Just watching the helmet cams scares a deuce 💩 out of me. Same for some of the insane BMX/mountain bike downhill stuff and, of course, *free climbing*

[mitchkatz]

I was stunned at the videos of outlandish stunts, wondering about a blooper reel- well now we have the ultimate bloopers. making them stunts much more risky than they appeared. the body jumpers were amazing how far the could glide and the ability to fly through crevices.