Anthony Martin, Escape Artist, Survives Coffin Skydive At 14, 500 Feet In Illinois
SERENA, Ill. A Wisconsin daredevil freed himself from shackles and a locked casket while plummeting to the earth at 130 miles per hour on Tuesday, eventually parachuting gently into a northern Illinois field. Anthony Martin, 47, waved to the cameras and the crowd that turned out to watch his stunt after he landed at a farm in Serena, Ill. , about 70 miles southwest of Chicago. Martin said the escape was exhilarating but that he was disoriented because the plywood casket whipped wildly from s
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