Word: schepp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dieter Schepp, a nephew recently arrived from East Germany, was making his first appearance in the great pyramid in Detroit on the night of Jan. 30, 1962, when he suddenly began losing his grip on the balance pole. There came a terrible cry: "Ich kann nicht mehr halten "(I can't hold on any more). Then the pole slipped, Dieter fell, and the whole pyramid of Wallendas came apart in midair, some clinging to the wire, others plunging to the concrete floor. Dieter and another man died there; Karl's adopted son Mario was paralyzed from the waist...