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Philippe Petit (French pronunciation: [filip pəti]; born 13 August 1949) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on the morning ...
A 25-year-old French daredevil did a tightrope walk across the top of New York in 1974 - on a 131-foot cable strung between the 110-story twin towers of the World Trade Center.
May 9, 2024 · Philippe Petit (born August 13, 1949, Nemours, France) is a French-born high-wire walker who attained worldwide celebrity on August 7, 1974, with his unauthorized crossing between the newly built twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, about 1,350 feet (411 metres) above the ground. Petit was arrested for this exploit and for ...
Dec 29, 2021 · Philippe Petit gained worldwide recognition for his brazen tightrope walks between the towers of the cathedral on Notre Dame in 1971, between the New York City Twin Towers in 1974, and over Niagara Falls in 1985.
Aug 7, 2015 · Philippe Petit (center) answers reporter's questions on Aug. 7, 1974, as he is escorted from Beekman Hospital by Port Authority police officer in New York City. Petit was arrested after he...
Aug 7, 2014 · On August 7, 1974, New York awoke to find aerialist Philippe Petit walking on a wire between the 110-story World Trade Center towers.
Jan 25, 2024 · Petit is the high-wire artist who became world famous with a heart-stopping promenade between the towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. Next week he will set up a wire and sashay across the...
High-wire artist Philippe Petit surprised the world when he walked illegally between the Twin Towers in 1974. Why you should listen.
Jun 3, 2019 · Paul Auster on Philippe Petit, whose high-wire act is not an art of death but an art of life—and life lived to the very extreme of life.
Philippe Petit was born on August 13, 1949 in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Walk (2015), Man on Wire (2008) and Mondo (1995).
