On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Philippe Petit will walk a highwire across the nave of St. John the Divine in New York City, the world's largest cathedral. "My love for magnificent places and ...

39 years ago today, on August 7, 1974, street performer Philippe Petit traversed a tightrope between the Twin Towers in what many later called the “artistic crime of the century.” With no safety ...

Philippe Petit will walk the Cathedral of St. John on 50th anniversary of WTC high-wire walk.Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Philippe Petit, the man who stunned the world by tightrope-walking ...

NEW YORK — Fifty years after his iconic high-wire walk between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about 7 miles north ...

Philippe Petit honored the anniversary by getting back on the wire at New York's Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. The man featured in one of the most stunning images as he walked on a high ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Aug. 7, 1974, as Frenchman Philippe Petit tightrope-walked between the twin towers of the ...

New York — Fifty years after his iconic high-wire walk between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about 7 miles north ...

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The Dark Knight Rises star plays Philippe Petit in the film, which documents his controversial 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. The actor was put through his paces in ...

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