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Famed tightrope walker Philippe Petit marks 50th anniversary of historic tightrope walk between Twin Towers with artistic performance
At 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 ...
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Philippe Petit Commemorates Tightrope Walk Between New York City's Twin Towers 50 Years Later
Philippe Petit was 1,350 feet above New York City. Fast-forward 50 years later, Petit is commemorating the anniversary by ...
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Tightrope Between the Towers
The episode originated six years earlier, in 1968, when an 18-year-old street performer named Philippe Petit, waiting in a dentist's office in Paris with a toothache, came across an article about ...