WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A HUMAN CANNONBALL?

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A HUMAN CANNONBALL? I and others want to know—without having the experience—what’s it like to be a human cannonball? Aimee Levitt’s article gives one answer: “The Human Cannonball doesn’t usually remember much about each flight, aside from a quick impression of soaring through the air.” She knows that she goes 65 miles an hour, that she must keep her muscles tense, and she does one half flip in the course of her flight so that she lands on her back. It is dangerous; in the last 125 years, over 30 human cannonballs have been killed. On the video accompanying the article, she describes the experience: “It’s the most fun thing I could ever do in my life.”