He even chartered a helicopter so he could take aerial photographs of the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Petit spent 45 minutes walking the wire, making eight crossings. At one point he danced on it ...

Renowned French high-wire artist Philippe Petit marked the 50th anniversary of his famous walk between New York's Twin Towers with a performance in a Manhattan cathedral, accompanied by live music ...

More than 400 metres above the ground between the newly built twin towers of the World Trade Centre ... "If you cut those guidelines and the wire walker is not aware, you're going to send the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Nearly 50 years after he infamously walked across the Twin Towers, French high-wire ... Petit said "anyone" can become a wire walker. "A lot of passion, and a lot of rehearsal ...

he and several comrades snuck inside the then unfinished Twin Towers and fastened a tightrope between the buildings before walking back and forth 1,300 feet high. He was then arrested. Through 19 ...