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On Sept 25th at 8:00 PM, Ontario escape artist Steve Santini, officially named "The World's Most Extreme Escape Artist" by the legendary Ripley's Believe it or Not!, will put his skills to the ultimate test when he is manacled with over 60 lbs of shackles, chains, and historical restraints and is then locked into one of the Garrison Cells at Fort Henry National Historic Site in Kingston, Ontario. |
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Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, is a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) site that has never seen any prisoner incarcerated there escape from it's Garrison Cells proper. Removing any "magic" or "illusion" from his escape attempt, Santini plans to use a combination of pain control, contortion, physics, self hypnosis and science to free himself from the manacles and cell.
In July of 2009 Steve Santini garnered national media attention when he freed himself in just 8 minutes from a "Death Row" condemned cell at the historic "En Prison" in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. In a career first, Santini did this escape in full view of the assembled media.
Likewise, in 2003 Santini earned national media coverage when in 13 minutes he liberated himself while heavily manacled from a Death Row condemned cell at the former Carleton County Gaol in Ottawa. Santini escaped from the very cell that had formerly housed James Patrick Whellan who was executed at the jail for the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the founding fathers of Canadian Confederation.
External links:
Fort Henry Website thedarkmaster.com bairdartists.com
Steve Santini can be reached for pre-escape interviews by contacting his manager Robert Baird at
416 887 2151 or 1 800 867 3281.
