Day 340: This is not exactly the post I intended to write about Marco and Heather Landin. I first saw them performing at the Puyallup Fair as green-clad "Florasapiens" several years ago, Naturally, I took photos and posted one of Heather on Flickr with no idea of their real names. I was suprised to get a message from Marco a few weeks later after he just happened to see the photo come up in Flickr's rotation, complimenting me on the rave review I had given them. They are indeed fantastic, and perform a lot more widely than I'd realized. Marco has toured with Cirque du Soleil as a solo fire-performance artist, and the pair frequently appear in Las Vegas (visit dreamcityvegas.com for more information about their acts and characters).
It was during the process of searching for their webpage that I found out that Marco had been badly injured in June of last year when an unidentified man approached him from behind to grab Marco around his stilted legs and lift him off the ground. His center of balance thrown off, Marco pitched forward, thrusting out his arms instinctively to protect himself in the fall. Both his arms were broken and his wrists were shattered. His assailant (who had been harassing other performers during the Electric Daisy Carnival) was never apprehended after his companions forcibly freed him from grounds security people. Police closed the case because they had no leads. Marco underwent a long series of surgeries and was told it would be at least a year before he would be performing again. Consumate artist that he is, Marco Landin is in the air again, bringing his especial magic to all who see him. The show must go on.
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