LOTD: Video of Near-Drowning During Oklahoma City Thunder Halftime Show

Today’s Link of the Day comes to us from Dashiell Bennett at Deadspin, who has been instrumental in the growth of MSF with his many blogdome links to our posts. About an hour ago, Dash posted a pretty fascinating video and description of a legitimate near-drowning at a recent Oklahoma City Thunder halftime show.

The incident in question featured Kristen Johnson, a professional escape artist, attempting to perform a pretty intense underwater escape. Click on over to Deadspin to read more and get the background on the incident. The video is embedded below:

LOTD: On-Court Drowning Nearly The Most Exciting Highlight Of OKC Thunder Season — (Deadspin)

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