“Jared Frank, the Regina man who went from hapless tourist to internet sensation over a nine-second YouTube video of a kick to the head, stands to earn a substantial financial windfall from the experience.
Less than a week after Frank posted his video, it has attracted more than 22 million views worldwide. Frank was recently in Peru and tried to take a video of himself alongside a railway track while a train passed behind. As it turned out, however, a person perched on the front of the passing train delivered a boot to Frank’s head. The unusual video has proven to be of considerable interest and has led to Frank being approached by management agencies.
“I got all these different offers … and they were all legit.,” he told CBC News recently, adding it would be great to pay for his trip to South America.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from CBC News:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/jared-frank-poised-to-earn-big-bucks-from-kick-in-the-head-video-1.2617033