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David Blaine to hold breath underwater for 9 minutes

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New York, April 13, 2006 - The 33-year-old magician will perform his latest stunt by living underwater for seven days and nights in a "human aquarium" in front of New York's Lincoln Center. He will conclude by attempting to hold his breath underwater longer than the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds. The finale of his latest stunt will air live in a two hour ABC special on May 8th.

Blaine's previous feats of endurance include balancing on a small platform for thirty-five hours and surviving inside a massive block of ice for sixty-one hours, both of which were performed in New York.

In 2003, he fasted for forty-four days in a suspended acrylic box over the Thames River in London.

The "human aquarium" in which Blaine will float is a specially built 8-foot acrylic sphere. He will receive liquid nutrition through a tube and the water will be kept at a balanced temperature to help keep his core temperature close to 98.6 degrees F.
Passers by will be able to touch the aquarium, take pictures with Blaine and communicate with him. He will enter the sphere on May 1st.

To prepare for the challenge, Blaine trained with U.S. Navy Seals and a world class free diving team. An inside look at his training will be shown on the ABC special, which is titled, "David Blaine: Drowned Alive."

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights
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buckeyefool said:
maybe teddy will get inspired by this event and go drown
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Making fun of someone is one thing, but wishing for him to drown goes over a line.. or under it.

I thought that this David Blaine guy does some pretty neat tricks... on TV. I wonder how good his tricks would be in person. When they aren't live, he has the opportunity to cut out anytime someone says, "That trick looked easy, all of your cards are four of spades," or something like that. And he has the advantage of having the entire audience see him from the perspective that he wants them to.

As for his odd stunts, I guess that as long as he has an audience to watch him pull them off, more power to him. But I have no desire to stay informed on how he's doing in his sphere.
 
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