So unfortunate!
An audience member at Saturday's Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show has described the horrific moment she watched the acrobat plunge 50 feet to her death, hearing her screams as she fell.
Paris-born mother-of-two Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, was pronounced dead late Saturday night after she slipped free from her safety wire during the performance of 'Ka' at the MGM Grand.
Aryan Rahmat described the tragic moment to the Today show:
'It went from just watching the show and it being normal to watching someone fall to their death.
Somehow the rope or the harness that was holding her up, I don't know if it broke or what happened.
I heard her screaming on the way down.'
Visitor Dan Mosqueda of Colorado Springs, who was watching the show, called Ka, at the MGM Grand, told the Las Vegas Sun:
'Initially, a lot of people in the audience thought it was part of the [show].
But you could hear screaming, then groaning, and we could hear a female artist crying from the stage.'
The show momentarily continued, then stopped. It has been cancelled until further notice.
Minutes after the accident, a recorded announcement informed audience members that refunds or vouchers to future shows would be offered, and the crowd was dismissed.
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte issued a statement yesterday praising Ms Guyard-Guillot and saying performances of KA have been cancelled until further notice.
Ms Guyard-Guillot had been with the original cast of KA since 2006, and had been an acrobatic performer for more than 20 years.
