'Extreme Escape' on Stan Lee's Superhumans

STAN LEE’S SUPERHUMANS

“EXTREME ESCAPE”

ON GMA NEWS TV, JUNE 21, FRIDAY, 8PM

 

A human crash test dummy, a modern samurai, an extreme escape artist, and a human bee hive – meet them all on this Friday’s “Stan Lee’s Superhumans” on GMA News TV.

 

Ever since reading about Houdini at the age of 14, Steve Santini has been fascinated by escapology and how the human mind reacts when faced with extreme danger.  Steve has followed in Houdini's footsteps by putting himself in harms way with real escape attempts, not illusions. Most humans would be paralysed by fear when faced with such danger, but can Steve truly demonstrate the dexterity and ultimate body control needed to escape these life threatening situations unharmed?

 

For the sake of training law enforcement officers on how to respond to serious road traffic accidents, Rusty Haight puts his life on the line by crashing the cars himself --- surviving over a 1,000 car crashes. Statistically, Rusty should be in a wheelchair. “Superhumans” co-host Daniel Browning-Smith tries to find out how Rusty’s body manages to counter such tremendous impacts.

 

Isao Machii from Japan is a real life, modern day samurai who started honing his unbelievable sword skills when he was a child. His sword skills have become so accurate that he claims he can slice a tiny pellet in half when shot at him from a BB gun. All of this action happens at such an incredible speed that it is almost impossible for the human eye to register. In order to capture this amazing feat on screen, the program used one of the world's most sophisticated high-speed cameras for slow motion analysis. Seeing really is believing!

 

Dr. Norman Gary has a very unique ability - he can control an entire swarm of hundreds of thousands of bees! To prove this amazing ability, Norman summons a swarm of bees to cover his body like a living suit. If just one bee stings him, it will trigger a stinging frenzy that could be fatal.

 

This episode of “Stan Lee’s Superhumans” airs on Friday, June 21 at 8PM on GMA News TV Channel 11.