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- Born: 1949
- Date of walk: August 7, 1974New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World: Philippe Petit
- Height above ground during walk: 1,350 feetNew York Post: Philippe Petit Interview (July 13, 2008)
- Distance between towers: 130 feetNew York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World: Philippe Petit
- Time spent on walk: 45 minutesGothamist: Philippe Petit, Man on Wire (July 24, 2008)
- Details walk in 2008 documentary Man on Wire
- Petit says he fell "in love" with the buildingsNew York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World: Philippe Petit
- World Trade Center construction completed in 1973
- Has also walked on wire strung across Louisiana SuperdomeGothamist: Philippe Petit, Man on Wire (July 24, 2008)
- Trying to raise funds to walk across Grand CanyonGothamist: Philippe Petit, Man on Wire (July 24, 2008)
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Philippe Petit is a French-born acrobat who made headlines in 1974 by performing an illegal high-wire walk 1,350 feet above the ground across a steel cable strung between the two towers of the World Trade Center.New York Post: Philippe Petit Interview (July 13, 2008)
Planning the Walk
Petit claims that he fell in love with the buildings after seeing a photograph of them while sitting in a dentist's office in 1968. For the next six years he planned his high-wire escapade by posing as a journalist seeking to examine the towers and with the help of friends. On the night of August 6, 1974, Petit and two friends sneaked into the towers. In order to string the heavy steel cable between the towers, they had to first shoot a bow and arrow with a wire attached from one tower to another and then string successive wires across until the bundle could support the cable.The Guardian: Touching the Void (January 19, 2003)The Walk and the Aftermath
At a little past seven o'clock in the morning on August 7th, Petit walked out onto the wire and for forty-five minutes walked and danced seemingly in mid-air 1,350 feet above the ground.New York Post: Philippe Petit Interview (July 13, 2008) New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World: Philippe Petit Petit's illegal walk made him into an instant folk hero and all charges against him were dropped.New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World: Philippe Petit In 2008, a documentary film about his exploit premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.-
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Ça fait 50 ans que nous sommes en décroissance. Le petit capital humain croit au détriment du capital naturel. Philippe Roch (colloque)
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PHILIPPE PETIT - cave12 - 01.12.09 (http://modisti.com/news/?p=19030)
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RT @IdeasCulture: Philippe Petit lying down on wire between twin towers, 1974 NY http://bit.ly/6tt0wP Reco the documentary http://ow.ly/FJnk
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