Baltimore illusionist Spencer Horsman is rushed to the hospital while trying to escape the same water torture stunt that nearly killed him in June.

Marcus Washington and WJZ’s cameraman were just feet away when paramedics pulled his limp body from the water tank before a live audience in New Jersey.

While some now speculate it was a publicity stunt to sell tickets to this weekend’s show, Marcus Washington explains emergency responders in New Brunsick as a real life rescue.

For two and a half minutes, Spencer Horsman was submerged underwater, unlocking a series of 16 different locks. It wasn’t until that very last lock that things turned from entertaining to terrifying.

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