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Circus acrobat wants to return to ring after fall

By Michelle Smith
Published May 7, 2014 4:54am ET
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Circus acrobat wants to return to ring after fall
In this undated family photo, Samantha Pitard performs a heel hang from the lyra (aerial hoop) during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Legends pre-show. Pitard was one of eight acrobats performing a hair-hanging stunt on Sunday May 4, 2014 during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus when a clip at the top of the chandelier-like apparatus snapped. Pitard was the first of the acrobats to be released from the hospital. (AP Photo/Wayne T. Pitard) | AP

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — One of eight circus acrobats who plummeted about 20 feet to the ground during a hair-hanging stunt says she’s thankful she’s alive and wants to return to the ring.

“I’m hoping to join back up with the tour and show the world that I’m OK, and I’m hoping some of the other girls will do the same,” Samantha Pitard told The Associated Press after being released from a hospital Tuesday.

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