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Circus set to resume performances after accident

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Emergency workers tend to injured performers after a platform collapsed during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus' Legends show.
Emergency workers tend to injured performers after a platform collapsed during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus’ Legends show on Sunday. AP
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Emergency personnel attend to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performers who were injured when the scaffolding they were performing on collapsed in Providence
Emergency personnel attend to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performers who were injured when the scaffolding they were performing from collapsed in Providence, Rhode Island, May 4, 2014….
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Emergency personnel attend to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performers who were injured when the scaffolding they were performing on collapsed in Providence
Emergency personnel attend to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performers who were injured when the scaffolding they were performing from collapsed in Providence, Rhode Island, May 4, 2014….
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Stcey Tracy, Emily Tracy
Stacey Tracy, of Cranston, R.I., comforts her daughter Emily Tracy, 4 after a platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at the 11 a.m. performance Sunday. AP
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Tony Feola
A Dunkin’ Donuts Center security official informs the crowd that the 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. shows of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are canceled, Sunday, May 4. AP