Alex Zander Morrow Explained
| Alex Tomaini |
| Birth Name: | Scott Alexzander Tomaini |
| Other Names: | Alex Zander Morrow
Junior Torture King |
| Known For: | youngest US swordswallower |
| Occupation: | sideshow performer |
| Relatives: | Al Tomaini (grandfather)[1] |
Alex Tomaini (stage name: Alex Zander Morrow)[1] [2] is a sideshow performer. At the age of 14, he officially became the youngest confirmed sword swallower in the United States.[3] He swallowed his first sword at the 2003 Sword Swallowers Convention in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania before an audience of his peers and international media, only four hours after swallowing his first coat hanger as practice.[4] He later joined a record attempt called "The Big Swallow" in which a group of sword swallowers try to simultaneously swallow as many swords as possible.[5]
Alex lost the record to Erik Kloeker of the Pickled Brothers Sideshow, who is one year younger than Alex.
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Notes and References
- News: Kushner . David . David Kushner (writer) . I Was a Teenage Freak: In Gibsonton, Florida, the Carny Capital of the Nation, a New Generation of Glass Walkers and Knife Throwers Keeps the Sideshow Alive for at Least One More Summer . . 930 . 104–106, 108, 110, 112 . September 4, 2003 . (Accessed on November 1, 2008) online version requires registration
- Alex Zander Morrow . John Robinson . Alex Zander - The Junior Torture King . August 1, 2004 . 2008-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006092153/http://www.sideshowworld.com/interviewalexander.html . October 6, 2008 .
- http://www.swordswallow.com/records.php Records from Swordswallow.com
- Roz Mason (director), Andrew Waterworth (executive producer) . Stomachs of Steel . documentary . NHNZ / Discovery Channel . July 2004.
- http://www.swordswallow.com/news.php News article
