Q&A; with David Blaine

For his next trick, David Blaine will be suspended from a crane in London for 44 days

So, you're in this box...

What I'm going to be doing is building a small, completely clear glass box. It'll be dangling from a crane near the River Thames. It'll be about 22 1/2 ft. up, about that, and I'll be hovering there for 44 days with absolutely nothing except for water to drink.

This freaks me out. Why are you doing it?

Why wouldn't I attempt it?

Well, I know why I wouldn't attempt it.

The same reason you wouldn't is the same reason I would.

Why 44 days?

I figured that's as far as I could push it. Like,...

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