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25
April 2006
David
Blaine Plans Underwater
Challenge
Magician
David
Blaine
has announced plans to
spend seven days
submerged in a
water-filled container
in New York.
The
illusionist, who spent
44 days in a glass box
for a starvation stunt
in London in 2003, will
use lines giving
nutrition and air to
stay alive.
After
one week, he will remove
his air supply and
attempt to break the
world record for holding
breath.
David
Blaine, 33, endured a
62-hour stint sealed in
an ice block in New
York's Times Square in
2003.
The
magician will enter an
8ft (2.5m) high
water-filled sphere on 1
May, 2006 and remain
submerged for a
week.
Organisers
say they want fans and
well-wishers "to visit,
touch the sphere and
offer words of
support."
Before
climbing out of the
tank, located at the
Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts, David
Blaine will try to break
the record for holding
breath, currently set at
eight minutes 58
seconds.
David
Blaine's London stunt,
in which he was
suspended in a glass box
by the river Thames, saw
him heckled by
crowds.
His
box was also hit by
missiles including golf
balls and
eggs.
David
Blaine's spokesman Pat
Smith said the magician
did not expect to
receive similar attacks
in the star's "home
town".
He
said: "Anytime he's done
anything in New York,
the reaction has been
overwhelmingly positive.
New Yorkers are cool
about this kind of
thing."
Blaine
is to get a two-way
audio link, allowing the
media to interview him
during the
challenge.
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