Well Criss Angel Didn't Die Today:

I feel sort of cheated; I made my way down to Clearwater Beach and counted down the minutes as the Spy Glass Hotel came crashing down. There was element of danger, I mean the building was about to explode yet I had nagging suspicion than the stunt wasn't going to pulled off the way Criss Angel advertised it would be. First he was supposed to pick the "Police Handcuffs" that held him to the balcony, then he was to lock pick the balcony door. Once inside the room he was to make a wild dash to another locked door, once in the hallway he was to lockpick another door leading the staircase where he would run upstairs to the roof, where it was sealed by double locks. Once on the roof he was to rendezvous with a waiting helicopter holding out a rope ladder like the old Batman and Robin T.V show.

I suspected that Criss would try to throw the audience into a loop, by not making the rendezvous on time and letting the building implode with him struggling frantically against the locks, then once dramatic tension build up and a suitable time had elapsed, that magically coincided with his Live show ending, he would pop out shaken but otherwise unharmed. Of course I was right, Criss breezed through the first cuffs, then "seemed" to struggle with the balcony door and had to destroy the windows to gain entrance into the room. Then you seem progressing though live cameras placed within the building as he made his escape against time. You see him reaching the roof locks, and struggling to get them open as the Helicopter flies to safety. As the clock runs down to zero, the camera goes static and the building implodes.

Criss's family runs to the wreckage, (not the first responders) standing by and on the very first try they and the camera man see Criss emerging from the destruction with one of his Mindfreak screams!! Wow, that really got my adrenaline pumping!! NOT!!! I mean do respect the guy for some of the interesting tricks he pulls off, I mean those take skills, some of the illusions that he does is very entertaining but this stunt was really lame.

First I don't think the Cameras were Live, the footage of him escaping was probably taped earlier. That balcony door was suspicious also, why did he op to break the window instead of picking the door? This is probably when he made his real escape from the building. The window he "shattered" probably led to an escape route where he could move unseen.

Oh well my hats off to him anyways, it still takes some balls to try to pull a stunt like that, since it was a real demolition.