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Philippe Petit recreates high-wire walk between World Trade Center's twin towers on 50th anniversary

Aug. 08, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years after his iconic high-wire walk between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about 7 miles north of the trade center at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The artist, 74,...

Today in History: August 7, Twin Tower tightrope walk

Aug. 07, 2024 00:35 AM EDT

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 7, the 220th day of 2024. There are 146 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 7, 1974, French highwire artist Philippe Petit performed an unapproved tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, over...