CINCINNATI, Ohio -- High-wire acts have been cut from an Ohio church's annual Christmas program a year after a woman died from a fall while performing a high wire act in the show.
Xavier University graduate student Keri Shryock fell about 25 feet to a concrete floor while performing an aerial act on opening night of the 2008 show. The Toledo native died later at a hospital.
The Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati decided to perform the show again this year without the high wires. The show was scheduled to open Thursday night.
Investigators said a malfunction occurred with 23-year-old Shryock's harness.
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