'Man on Wire' Re-creates a Jaw-dropping High-wire Exploit

Los Angeles CityBeat | August 8, 2008
Philippe Petit, together with a band of accomplices, snuck into the World Trade Center, still under construction, and strung a wire between the towers, upon which Petit – an extraordinary wire-walker – not only walked, but also danced, hopped, lay down, and even playfully taunted arriving police.

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