When the box was pulled to the surface, it was still nailed shut and the ropes were still wrapped around it. The man swam to the surface, his arms and legs free. But suddenly, there were bubbles in the water. The crowd was sure the man would soon be dead. More than ninety kilograms of lead weight were put on top. The man was put into a wooden box on a tugboat near the riverbank. They were there to watch a man whose hands and legs had been locked together. A huge crowd gathered near New York City’s East River.
It was a hot July day in nineteen twelve.
Today we tell about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist and magician. Or download MP3 (Right-click or option-click and save link)Īnd I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Harry Houdini, 1874-1926: The Great Escape Artist
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