The daredevil already participated in the talent show in 2019, but was only injured in 2021 during his stunt for a spin-off show of the program called America’s Got Talent: Exreme. He performed a stunt in which he would hang upside down in the air from a height of 10 meters – between two hanging cars – and escape from a straitjacket. However, the cars were released too early, causing him to be crushed. Then the cars caught fire again.
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“He fell 10 meters and lost a kidney, broke both shoulder blades and shattered both legs,” his fiancée and actress Amanda Abbington said in the interview. Out To Lunchpodcast . “He had third-degree burns, broke his spine, tore his spinal cord and almost died. And when he was on the operating table, he almost died again.”
Fortunately, Jonathan survived the accident and is now keeping his fans informed about his recovery. He previously wrote on Instagram: “There is a long way to go in my recovery (…) But I still have plenty to do in this world.”
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