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David Blaine
February 15th, 2009
Born April 4 1973, David Blaine is an American magician, his full name is David Blaine White, he was born in Brooklyn , New York to a Puerto Rican father and Russian mother.
Blaine is known as the master of street magic known mainly for his levitation and his throwing a card through a plateglass window trick, he is known as a man of mystery who rarely speaks and has even been known to sit through a whole tv interview without speaking a single word.
Although David Blaine was initially known by people for his slight of hand magic card tricks and pushing cigarettes through coins, along with other mind bending coin tricks he has become more famous recently for his body endurance stunts some of which include a stunt he named frozen in time.
On 27th of November 2000 Blaine stood encased in a solid block of ice in Times Square, New York, while he was inside the ice he was supplied with air and water through a tube that had been fed through the join in the ice blocks. When Blaine eventually emerged from the ice he had been in there for 63 hours 42 mins and 15 seconds, there were some initial concerns that Blaine may sustain some injuries during his removal from the ice blocks as they were cut open by the use of chainsaws but no such problems occurred.
On the 22nd May 2002 Blaine was lifted into the air by a crane which proceeded to lower him onto a pillar which was 100ft high but only 22 inches wide. Blaine stood on top of the pillar with no harness but he did have handles each side of him which he was allowed to hold on to in the event of freak strong winds which had to be considered as the location for this particular stunt was Bryant Park, New York City.
As it happens unusually harsh weather did arrive, storms and high gusting winds meant that a battered and freezing Blaine lasted a total of 35 hours on top of the pillar.
On 5th September 2003 another of Blaines stunts was to take place in London, England, where he would be suspended 30 feet in the air in a transparent box measuring 7 feet long by 3 feet wide and 7 feet high, during the 44 day stunt Blaine ate no food whatsoever and drank 4 litres of water per day.
On May 1st 2006 Blaine was placed into a water filled sphere measuring 8 feet in diameter for seven days and nights, again using tubes for nutrition, water and air. However during this stunt concern was shown by doctors as they found a breakdown in the skin structure of his feet and hands and more seriously the onset of liver failure.
When Blaine emerged from the tank with the help of emergency divers as he could not free himself, as he was also handcuffed, he was reported to be dazed and in a confused state and very disorientated and said to be mumbling over and over to the divers thank you . To this day by Blaines own admission he has to attend regular meetings with doctors to keep having his mental state assessed since his experience in the tank.
It has been reported that Blaine has said that he has no plans to ever attempt the water cylinder stunt again.
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