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David Blaine: Stunts
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David Blaine is one of a kind. He is a mysterious man that puts his mind and body through extreme conditions. His latest stunt that was televised live on national TV, called “Drowned Alive”, drew thousands of people together to witness his attempt to hold his breath under water for 9 minutes.
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David Blaine’s latest feat of attempting to not sleep for 13 days is being delayed by several months. David is still training for the stunt, calling it his most demanding ever. He wants to reach a target weight and maintain that weight for an extended period before attempting the potentially brain-damaging stunt.
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On November 27, 2000, Blaine began a stunt called "Frozen in Time", which was covered on a TV special. Blaine stood encased in a massive block of ice located in Times Square, New York. He was lightly dressed and seen to be shivering even before the blocks of ice were sealed around him. A tube supplied him with air and water while his urine was removed with another tube. He was encased in the box of ice for 63 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds before being removed with chain saws. The ice was transparent and resting on an elevated platform to show that he was actually inside the ice the entire time.
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On September 5, 2003, Blaine began his 44-day endurance stunt sealed inside a transparent Plexiglas case suspended 30 feet (9 m) in the air next to Potters Fields Park on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The case, measuring 3ft by 3ft by 7ft (0.9 x 0.9 x 2.1 m), had a webcam installed so that viewers could observe his progress. Blaine claimed he went 44 days without any food or nutrients and just 4.5 litres of water per day. However, this was not verified and the water he was given was never inspected for added nutrients. The New England Journal of Medicine published a paper that documented his 44 day fast and stated that his re-feeding was perhaps the most dangerous part of the stunt.
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DAVID Blaine (above), who put on 35 pounds after his last feat, is getting in shape for his next stunt - a dive off the Brooklyn Bridge - if he can get permission from City Hall. After spending a week in a water-filled glass sphere at Lincoln Center a year ago, the skin on Blaine's hands and feet was so damaged that he couldn't work out for months. But he's been riding a bike around Central Park lately and has already lost 25 of the added pounds.
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On Monday 22 May 2002 Blaine began a stunt he named 'Vertigo'. Blaine was lifted by crane onto a 105 feet high pillar in Bryant Park, New York. He remained on the pillar, which was 22 inches wide, for nearly 35 hours without food or water or anything to lean on. Blaine appeared to be without safety harnesses and had no safety nets underneath him for almost the duration of the stunt. He ended the feat by jumping down onto a landing platform made of a 12 feet high pile of cardboard boxes. Blaine appeared to survive his jump without injury and attempted to talk to spectators. However he was promptly taken to hospital for medical checks.
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