The previous day, during training he had passed out. This was his first day back since he had passed out. No one knew what would happen.
During those 24 hours, almost everything that could have gone wrong, did. First, the filter broke. He was swimming in his own dead skin and body oils (okay, you have to give him props for that. That would have grossed me out too bad to stay!). Then the lights that the media had on him had started heating up the water. The temperature rose to over 100°. They quickly put ice water in the tank to cool it down. By that Point, Criss Angel was getting nauseous. Strange liquids were coming out of his eyes and he could not see. So why didn't he just get out? "I had vowed to media all over the world that i would not come out of the tank outside of two ways. One, my own ability, two in a body bag."