From the archives: Philippe Petit’s Twin Towers walk

[@phyllisroyce3137]

I saw this live!! Walked out of the subway and looked up!!

[@michael2009xd]

wow

[@fonziygor8585]

why were you really in New York in 1974?

[@_vakas]

The same reason anyone else would be there in 1974? Lol​@@fonziygor8585

[@MrLanternland]

Me too! I saw it too! I just happened to be walking downtown at the time!

[@LonJoop]

Me too! I just saw him yesterday up there!

[@robynmasters335]

That Twin Tower walk was talked about and re-broadcast for years after, long before internet existed. I was 10 years old but I only vaguely remember the news broadcast. I was Twenty-One when he did the Eiffel tower walk. I remember watching that one live. A truly amazing performance.

[@Dagm1111]

Thank you Philippe!! We will always love you dear brother. Those towers were put there just for you to write your poetry in the sky. Happy 50th anniversary! ❤❤❤

[@OconByrd519]

Man on Wire! Fantastic documentary!

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

'They are in my heart, of course."

[@BeTheLight624]

Wonderful interview…well done! Thank you I thought it was remarkable he made it across alive one time. When he said he crossed it 8 times that day was inconceivable to me.

[@jenhasken]

This is just impossible to comprehend that he somehow overcame every natural human instinct of survival to do this, AND enjoyed himself! Frankly it puts every other stunt ever attempted to shame.

[@ta9143]

Inspiration for all of us mere humans - ✨❤️ ✨

[@haydenwayne3710]

Philippe had come to a private presentation of my circus back in 1977. He liked it very much and confessed how much he wished he had his own circus. He was very charming.

[@deborahkizer4664]

Fabulous sir I watched you. I lived in Philadelphia.

[@patty2850]

He is extraordinary human being ❤😊

[@petershirleyA3R7]

What a Guy unbelievable talk about brave !!!

[@deborahkizer4664]

Those police officers were going crazy. 😅

[@lorig7077]

It's crazy what some peoples brains are capable of doing

[@URestURust]

It's all in the mind-----

[@lorig7077]

@@URestURust My mind couldn't do it. Too stupid.

[@dirtfarmer3891]

As a nephew of the late tight-wire walker Volney Lafayette “Bunny” Dryden, I have to wonder if Philippe knew about “Bunny” and his unauthorized walk across the towers of: “Skyride” at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair?

[@jimmypage1517]

He probably did. Small community.

[@URestURust]

He's got diamond ballz. I would pass out just looking at the edge.

[@Twintowers1973]

Im surprised they remembered this after a few years cuz it was quiet for a while

[@stephanierobertson8846]

We had Evel knievel, France had Phil Petit.

[@robynmasters335]

True, but Phil Petit didn't break as many bones as Evil Knievel.

[@fmradio42]

@@robynmasters335 On his Harley-Davidson XR750, Knievel only had 3-4 inches of suspension travel to play with, front and rear. He might as well have had none.

[@naomiburgess2030]

Must be a bitter sweet memory knowing what happens 3 decades later

[@Jean_Michel_Peinture]

inspiring

[@deborahkizer4664]

I remember hearing about this this was amazing oh my goodness I read the story. 🙏🕊️✌️🙌👍💪🇺🇸💛

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

this is history

[@rsears78]

At the time the public disliked the idea of two large skyscrapers in NY. Philip brought positive attention to the towers at a time when NY really needed it

[@vivianjones9749]

The next year I saw him walk across the wire in the SuperBowl in New Orleans

[@fredgarvin5381]

Life is the wire, the rest is just waiting around. Karl Wallenda.

[@nikitakamentsev2825]

Even with a TON of practice, it was VERY hard to walk between the twin towers unharmed on a wire.

[@لبوةالشرق]

👋

[@blairt3973]

Gives me the willies.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

The documentary about the walk was way more interesting than the crummy movie...

[@deborahkizer4664]

🙏✌️🙌👍💪💛😍

[@jenhasken]

It looks like it was raining!!!😮😮😮

[@maryhurst4663]

I watched it, holding my breath, and hoping a strong gust of wind wouldn’t come along and cause hm to loose his balance.

[@frankm7707]

Check out the 2015 movie ‘The Walk’

[@chavez_finol]

🏵

[@chrisfinch8637]

This guy had a lot of guts, almost to how Nik Wallenda crossed over a volcano, at one point.

[@jeshkam]

Wallenda had a safety rope.

[@O-DogKubrick]

I do feel sorry for him, on what happened to the twin towers. Of the World Trade Center. 9/11.

[@zoeslovely7096]

Who thought it was a good idea to use emotionally immature people to interview about mental health?!?!?!?!

[@anitataraki5512]

How do you think this trapeze artist approaches life differently than most people? Shouldn't he be institutionalized?

[@maferarteaga166]

Everybody thinks different about life and no, he looks very normal it’s only he enjoys what he does 😅

[@HabilUddine-u4i]

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[@ObeseCaligula]

Wee wee 🦨

[@leeroybrown-i3c]

I want to know how did they string the cable?

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

I think they connected one side, then used a bow and arrow to send the other end across, so that it could be attached as well. They used those fake IDs to access the unfinished roof, trying to look like a construction crew. I believe NYC had already started to slide into bankruptcy, so maybe the site didn't have enough security? I was amazed to hear that he crossed back and forth several times. Yikes!

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

He used a bow and arrow to shoot the wire across the divide, from one tower to the other.

[@leeroybrown-i3c]

@@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 thanks.

[@LOFIRULESCOM]

Softball lame questions for Markle and Harry... come on guys, do better.