While filming second unit for
Sliver (1993), he was involved in a helicopter
crash together with
Christopher Duddy (Visual Effects) and
Craig Hosking (pilot). He
was the last one to be rescued after having spent two days inside the
Pu'u 'O'o crater of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Ironically, the
volcano scenes ended up being cut from the final release of the
production.