Acrobat Falls To His Death At the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid (slow motion) HD

An acrobat fell 100 feet to his death in front of thousands of people during a music festival in Spain. Pedro Aunion Monroy was performing at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid last night when the tragedy occurred. The 42-year-old, who is said to have lived in Brighton, was a respected artist and was the director of an aerial dance company, called In Fact. After the fall, the paramedics rushed to the scene, however, it was announced later Peter had died from his wounds. Some people have criticized the festival organizer for not canceling the event after the incident, while others walked in disgust "while Green Day took the stage, reports the Mirror. The cause of the accident is being investigated. Green Day issued a statement shortly afterwards implying that they did not know that Pedro had died. A group of very brave artists named Peter lost his life tonight in a tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are directed to his family and friends. Mad Cool organizers issued a statement after the show ended early in the morning. It reads: "Mad Cool Festival regrets the terrible accident that an acrobat suffered during the second day of the festival. "For security reasons, the festival decided to continue the program. "We send our most sincere condolences to his family, tomorrow Saturday 8, during the festival we will pay homage to the artist". Assiduous attendees of the festival attended the social networks to say that they left the festival and expressed their disbelief that it would continue.