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Jan172009

A CLOSE CALL FOR KRISTEN JOHNSON

Escape artist and magician Kristen Johnson's name pops up in an Associated Press article reporting on the NBA. "Assistants had to open a sealed water chamber to rescue award-winning magician Kristen Johnson as she performed an escape act at midcourt during halftime of the Pistons-Thunder game in Oklahoma City. She waved to the crowd during the third-quarter break to show she was OK."
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AuthorDodd Vickers | DateSaturday, January 17, 2009 at 03:26PM | Comment1 Comment

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[...] from a sealed-tank escape act during a basketball game in Oklahoma City. (Props to Dodd Vickers of The Magic Newswire for finding the nugget buried in a sports story — we hope for his sake he’s not a [...]

January 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRough month for underwater stu

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