A t 74, Philippe Petit once again defied the odds on Wednesday and Thursday when he celebrated the 50th anniversary of his tightrope walk between the World Trade Center by recreating the famous ...

Philippe Petit is famous for his high-wire performances, such as walking above Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral and between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. BBC News caught up with Mr Petit ...

A memorable event in the life of the World Trade Center came in the summer of ... when an 18-year-old street performer named Philippe Petit, waiting in a dentist's office in Paris with a ...

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.