A daring escapologist left a TV audience on the edge of their seats with this incredibly dangerous stunt.
Andrew Basso (Italy) set the record for fastest time to escape from a water tank upside down with restrained hands and feet on the set of Lo Show dei Record last year.
The illusionist took just 2 minutes 11 seconds to free himself.
In a heart-stopping clip from the show, Andrew is seen with his ankles sticking out of two holes in the lid of a water tank and padlocked into place.
Handcuffed, he’s lowered headfirst into the tank and the lid is locked in place.
The escapologist immediately gets to work, using an unfolded paperclip to undo the cuffs around his wrists one by one.
Audience members sit in complete silence, seemingly holding their breath too.
Once his hands are freed, Andrew twists his body and jerks his leg from side to side in order to dislocate his right ankle so that it can be pulled through its shackle and down into the tank, where he grabs it and pops it back in place.
Andrew then pulls his other foot through and turns around so he’s upright.
He sticks his hands through the holes that had held his ankles in place and gets to work picking the lock that’s keeping him in the tank and away from air.
