Vertigo

May 21 - May 22, 2002

David Blaine stood atop a 90 foot pillar for 36 hours above New York City’s Bryant Park without a safety net, braving torrential rain and violent winds.

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Up In the Air

Adam Gopnik, June 3, 2002

"'I'm all right,' he said, but his body language seemed to say, It's scary up there, it's scary down here, and it's scary when you're in midair."

 

Blaine steps off 100ft pole...and walks away

James Langton, May 23, 2002

"He was battered by high winds and unusually cold May weather during his first night and would have been killed or seriously injured if he had fallen."

 

Hero's Fall of Fame

Jen Vitale and Bridget Harrison, May 23, 2002

"At least if anything went wrong in the ice they could cut me out. This time if things went wrong, I knew I would be dead."

 

And now for my next trick...

Nicholas Wapshott and Adam Sherwin, May 24, 2002

"If he surfaces unharmed from the Thames, Blaine said he would then like someone to shoot him. 'I have always been intrigued by the effect of stopping a speeding bullet in your teeth. I want to stop one with my body.' Asked if this might severely injure him, Blaine said: 'People get shot every day.'"