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If Holding Your Breath Was An Olympic Sport, David Blaine Would Miss The Podium

Okay, maybe “Street Magic” and stunts aren’t technically sports, but watching a guy nearly drown himself in the middle of the Lincoln Center Plaza is probably more entertaining than watching Bolton beat Birmingham 1-0, so we’re counting it. Anyway, magicien de rue David Blaine failed last night in his attempt to set a record for holding his breath. The stunt, in case you’ve been hiding under a rock or never watch Lost and missed the ads on ABC, involved encasing the Great Artist of Mystifying Endurance and Escapes inside a plastic globe filled with water placed in the middle of Manhattan for thousands of gawkers to gawk at. He remained submerged for 177 hours before removing his breathing tubes and attempted to break the record of eight minutes and 58 seconds, but Blaine lasted just over seven minutes before rescue divers saved him. So, for those of you keeping track at home, Blaine’s accomplishments include 35 hours balanced atop a 100-foot pole, 61 hours frozen in a block of ice, 44 days fasting inside a clear plastic box in London, and now 177 hours as Aquaman. That’s gotta qualify him for admission to the Cry for Attention Hall of Fame, doesn’t it?

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