. >> jasen's the man!osing act is the popular area magician jasen. >> he had this grand idea. he really wanted to breakthro h through the local market into a national spotlight. >> jasen is performing an extraordinary feat. one that has taken months to prepare. it's a well-known escape act created by harry houdini in the '20s. it's escaping from a straight jacket hung upside down. but he wanted to take it up a notch. >> he decided to perform the stunt with the rope holding him up upside down on fire. >> jasen's best friend joe tasny works as his emcee. he remembers the day clearly. >> we were out on site really, really early. we had to run through so many things with so many people. >> jasen's entire family is in attendance. >> how do you feel about your brother performing? >> very, very calm. >> they filmed the events of the day from a distance. the local news is there to cover jasen's story. as jasen gets ready to take the stage, the weather begins to turn. >> you maybe can't see, but there's a huge stor

it's just that much harder to get out of. >> jasen's sister is getting impatient. >> go, jasen.th seconds counting down until the rope burns through, jasen begins to break free. >> he's got his arms. come on! >> after three minutes in the air, jasen escapes from the straight jacket, and the crowd goes wild. >> he's not done yet. he's got the rope. he needs to make his way to the safety rope in time before the rope burns through. >> now i'm really relieved. all he's got to do is get the clip off of the harness and we're good to go. we're home free. and he starts pulling on the thing and tugging on it. you know, twisting it around. what's going on? why can't he get the clip free? >> panic begins to set in as it appears jasen is stuck to the burning rope. he cannot unclip from the harness and no one's able to reach him. >> bring it down, bring it down. >> oh, my god! in a terrible turvents, the flaming platform falls directly on to jasen and it seems he is burning alive in front of thousands of people including his own family. reamin] idn'hesitate a nasend we needed to get hown and