A Crew Member Watched Michael Jackson's Last Rehearsal. He Didn't Know It Was the Last.

A stage carpenter named Robert Salas spent four years working on Michael Jackson's concert productions. He built stages, checked structural details, went home. He was not a fan in any dramatic sense. He was a professional. On a Thursday evening in June 2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, he set down his tools for four minutes and watched Michael Jackson sing 'Man in the Mirror' in rehearsal. Three weeks later, Michael Jackson was gone. In this video, we look at what it means to be in the room for a moment you do not know is the last one -- and what one crew member carried out of that building without knowing what he was carrying. This story explores the This Is It production, Michael Jackson's return to performance, and the specific quality of a rehearsal that nobody knew would be final. Michael Jackson, This Is It, 2009, rehearsal, Man in the Mirror, O2 Arena, concert history, music documentary, pop history.