The real shark.
Daredevil Evel Knievel stares out the window of a Michael Reese Hospital room on February 1, 1977, after suffering multiple fractures in practice. Knievel was supposed to jump his motorcycle over a pool of 13 man-eating sharks at the International Amphitheater before a national TV audience, but he slammed into a retaining wall hours before the real jump. (Photo by Martha Hartnett.) Left: About 3,000 people showed up for the January 31 event at the amphitheater. They were offered refunds. (Photo by Edmund Jarecki.)