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Philippe Petit's Audacious High Wire Walk Between the World Trade Center Towers
TLDR Philippe Petit spent six years planning and preparing for his illegal high wire walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center, overcoming technical challenges and assembling a team of accomplices. His successful performance not only changed the perception of the World Trade Center, but also became the most famous high wire walk in history, known as the artistic crime of the century.
Timestamped Summary
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Philippe Petit walked on a wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center in 1974, an audacious and illegal act that would become known as the artistic crime of the century.
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Philippe Petit spent six years planning his audacious high wire walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center, which involved practicing his craft, assembling a team, and solving technical issues such as stretching the heavy steel cable and attaching guy wires to the buildings.
03:14
Philippe Petit compensated for the movement of the buildings, assembled a team of accomplices, and engaged in practice stunts before attempting his high wire walk between the World Trade Center towers, including walking between the Notre Dame Cathedral towers in Paris and the north pylons of the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia.
04:29
Philippe Petit and his team prepared for his high wire walk by simulating the movement of the buildings and wind in France, recruited American accomplices, and used a bone arrow and fishing line to get the wire across the World Trade Center towers.
05:44
Philippe Petit successfully completed his walk across the wire between the World Trade Center buildings, and even went back out on the wire to salute the crowd below, dance, and lay down on his back, while the police tried to get him to come down.
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Philippe Petit successfully completed his walk across the wire between the World Trade Center buildings, was arrested but not charged, and his performance changed the perception of the World Trade Center among New Yorkers.
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Philippe Petit's illegal high wire performance between the World Trade Center towers in 1974 remains the most famous in history and is known as the artistic crime of the century.
