A Disney World worker sustained injuries on Tuesday while running into the path of a giant prop boulder that veered off track as part of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando.
The incident, captured on social media video, showed the inflated faux boulder used in the Raiders of the Lost Ark stunt show’s opening sequence veering off its usual track and appearing to barrel towards the seated audience at the edge of the stage.
The Disney worker is then seen running into the path of the dislodged runaway boulder and being knocked over, an act of heroism that likely saved audience members from serious injury. Fellow Disney workers then rush to the shaken colleague, who is helped to his feet and led offstage.
“He literally saved our life, that guy,” a voice on a YouTube video for the incident is heard to say as shocked audience members look on.
A Disney spokesperson said in a statement obtained by People: “We’re focused on supporting our cast member, who is recovering. Safety is at the heart of what we do, and that element of the show will be modified as our safety team completes a review of what happened.”
In the original 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark movie, Harrison Ford in the iconic opening scene outruns a boulder in a jungle chase sequence. The Indiana Jones stunt show has reported resumed operation, but without the prop builder in the opening scene.
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