As a stunt man working six weeks on the blockbuster film ``Titanic'' at a colossal shoreline studio in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, Voorheesville native Bobby Burns quickly learned to avoid the bottom of the pile.
Burns was one of dozens of stunt specialists who slid and did free falls down the decks during the ship's final, cataclysmic moments after it broke in half, causing the rear section to pitch sharply and bob stern-up before disappearing into the deep.
``I was sliding down the deck, which was pitched very steeply, maybe 40 degrees, and I just started going faster and faster, picking up speed,'' Burns said recently by telephone from his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
``There were so many people sliding down in such a small area, you just knew it was going to be a wreck at the bottom and you're doing your best not to crash into somebody else or a railing or a bench,'' Burns said. ``I ended up on the bottom of the pile just once. It was a serious thumper. I was bruised and banged up …
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