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OTTAWA, Ill., July 29, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Anthony Martin, a nationally-recognized escape artist and evangelist, has announced plans to attempt an escape he survived 25 years ago but with additional life threatening challenges. Martin, will be handcuffed by an area locksmith before donning a parachute and being locked in a freight box with a "keyless" lock. Locksmiths will scramble the lock combination prior to the attempt rendering its existing key nonfunctional. He will then be shoved out the cargo bay of an aircraft at a height ten times that of the Empire State Building in a daring race with death. Martin, 47, will have to free himself from the plummeting missile as it speeds to the earth at 200 feet per second. The escape artist, who has been featured four times in Ripley's Believe It Or Not, has set August 6th at 2 P.M. as the date and time of the perilous feat. August 7th has been reserved as a rain date should weather conditions prohibit the attempt.

Martin accomplished the first time ever stunt when he was only 22 years of age in 1988. Now with over 20 years of additional experience and a litany of death defying feats to his credit he feels the time has come to improve upon this- his signature escape. The escape artist has been lowered under the ice in steel cages, buried alive in Las Vegas and has jumped handcuffed above the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. This will be the 25th anniversary of the harrowing escape and will coincide with the release of Martin's new book "Escape or Die"-An escape artist unlocks the secret to cheating death."

Martin, a Christian since childhood, has been using his unusual talents to evangelize and promote his Christian beliefs for the past 15 years. Ambassador In Chains Ministries, founded by Martin, was launched in 1998 as a resource for local churches. Details of the ministry are available on his website at www.anthony-escapes.com. Martin said he uses his escapes as a metaphor for escaping eternal death through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. The escape is being made possible by the sponsorship of Skydive Chicago, which will both prepare Martin and host the event at its skydiving facility located at 3215 E 1969th Road in Ottawa, Ill.

Success will live after him-failure will be interred with his bones.

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