While Knievel emerged relatively unscathed from the incident, he never got a chance to attempt the stunt again.
Unfortunately, a parachute deployed prematurely and caused the rocket and its occupant to drift to the canyon’s bottom. One thing that will never be gone, is the fact he accomplished what his boyhood hero, Evel Knievel could not, and that is something that brings a big smile to his face. In 1974, American stuntman Evel Knievel attempted to cross Idaho’s Snake River Canyon aboard a steam-powered rocket. Braun and at least one other aspiring rocket man had hoped to make the jump on the. Because if I would have paused, I would of said, woooo, wait a minute, what am I doing here."ĭespite the number of people who tried to talk him out of it, including his mother, and good friend actor Charlie Sheen, Braun was determined to go through with the jump.īraun remembers the seconds after blastoff, "There were moments I remember clearing the canyon, it seemed like it was gone before I had a chance to realize it." Braun was just one of several who aspired to complete the jump over Snake River, including Knievel's own children. On a bright and warm September afternoon, Hollywood stunt man Eddie Braun climbed into his rocket and blasted off.īraun was in Boise this past weekend and described to Don Nelson what it was really like.īraun says, "The emotional part was very scary, you know a lot could go wrong, a lot could go wrong." Braun added, "mentally, I had told myself as soon as I heard the countdown, there was no other thought.
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