From the Archives: Stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil takes a plunge off the Valley Hilton

During filming for an episode of the television show “Wonder Woman,” stuntwoman Kitty O’Neil took a record plunge at the Valley Hilton in Sherman Oaks.

An extended caption in the Feb. 13, 1979, Los Angeles Times reported:

It wasn’t a plane. It wasn’t a bird. It wasn’t even Wonder Woman. It was...