it s march 19th, 2003. rescuers have been trying for more than an hour to save a man from falling nearly 180 feet over the edge of niagara falls to his death. from the air rescuers are attempting to toss him a life ring. but suddenly the man slips, and they fear they ve lost him for good. when he first fell, he grabbed onto the rocks. and then within a few seconds, he slid back probably another two or three feet. and at that point, his legs actually went over the brink. but against all odds, the man is able to pull himself up on a rock. and then there s just jubilation. he stands up, and it s miraculous. it s an unbelievable experience to see somebody just sheer will and drive of that person to not go over and just stand up. he s up, but it s not time to celebrate yet.
because it is from a long distance, you won t see that it s actually not that high quality. the drawing takes flight with the help of a motion capture suit. it has sensors on it and can transform real movement into digital movement. i started connecting those movements to the digital copy of yarno. and what about that second camera angle from yarno s helmet? we hired a team, which had some kind of a helicopter, a helicopter with a camera under it. and after i started manipulating the images in my computer. on march 19th, 2012, with the piece complete, floris, aka yarno, uploads his high-flying adventure. within 24 hours it really started to get viral. who doesn t want to be able to fly? like that s the dream. this is the closest thing to being a bird that you can imagine. unlike some of the viral videos you see, it is not
biggest miracle of all. an unbelievable rescue mission to save one man who has crept dangerously close to the edge of the falls. the call comes in on march 19th, 2003, 5:08 p.m. sergeant pat moriarty is on duty. he s a 19-year veteran of the niagara falls state park police. our radio man yelled down the hall and said, we just got a call from the canadians. there s a man on the ice at terrapin point. not a safe place to be. terrapin point is a piece of land that sits as close to the falls as you can get. the drop from that point, at terrapin point, is over 180 feet straight down. if you go over in that particular spot, you re not going to survive. when moriarty arrives on the scene, it s even worse than he expected. the man is not on the icy formation on land. he s waist deep in frigid water. when i saw the victim standing almost in waist-deep water right at the brink of the falls, the hair on the back of
it s march 19th, 2003. rescuers have been trying for more than an hour to save a man from falling nearly 180 feet over the edge of niagara falls to his death. from the air rescuers are attempting to toss him a life ring. but suddenly the man slips, and they fear they ve lost him for good. when he first fell, he grabbed onto the rocks. and then within a few seconds, he slid back probably another two or three feet. and at that point, his legs actually went over the brink. but against all odds, the man is able to pull himself up on a rock. and then there s just jubilation. he stands up, and it s miraculous. it s an unbelievable experience to see somebody just sheer will and drive of that person to not go over and just stand up. he s up, but it s not time to celebrate yet. the man s footing is still unstable. co-pilot art litsinger knows he has precious seconds to act and
if you look close, you see it isn t very realistic. but because it s animated and from a long distance, you won t see that it s actually not that high quality. the drawing takes flight with the help of a motion capture suit. it has sensors on it and can transform real movement into digital movement. i started connecting those movements to the digital copy of yarno. and what about that second camera angle from yarno s helmet? we hired a team, which had some kind of a helicopter, a helicopter with a camera under it. and after i started manipulating the images in my computer. on march 19th, 2012, with the piece complete, floris, aka yarno, uploads his high-flying adventure. within 24 hours it really started to get viral. who doesn t want to be able to fly? like that s the dream. this is the closest thing to being a bird that you can imagine. unlike some of the viral