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Philippe Petit's tightrope walk at World Trade Center 40 years ago

French tightrope walker Philippe Petit, 24, looks back at a photographer as he rests between walks on a cable stretched between New York's World Trade Center towers.
French tightrope walker Philippe Petit, 24, looks back at a photographer as he rests between walks on a cable stretched between New York's World Trade Center towers.
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French aerialist Philippe Petit walks on a cable suspended between the not-yet-completed twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, on Aug. 7, 1974. Petit crossed the cable twice and at one point, hung by his heels. The Frenchman and two assistants apparently hid in one of the towers and set the cable up before dawn, police said.
French aerialist Philippe Petit walks on a cable suspended between the not-yet-completed twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, on Aug. 7, 1974. Petit crossed the cable twice and at one point, hung by his heels. The Frenchman and two assistants apparently hid in one of the towers and set the cable up before dawn, police said.
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French aerialist Philippe Petit lies on a cable suspended between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as New York City police wait to take him into custody
French aerialist Philippe Petit lies on a cable suspended between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as New York City police wait to take him into custody
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French high wire artist Philippe Petit walks a tightrope suspended between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York on Aug. 7, 1974.
French high wire artist Philippe Petit walks a tightrope suspended between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York on Aug. 7, 1974.
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French aerialist Philippe Petit walks the cable.
French aerialist Philippe Petit walks the cable.
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Philippe Petit walks a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe Petit walks a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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Philippe Petit starts across a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe Petit starts across a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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French tightrope Walker Philippe Petit, photographed Aug. 7, 1974, was arrested after he walked a high wire cable stretched between the twin towers of the world trade center.
French tightrope Walker Philippe Petit, photographed Aug. 7, 1974, was arrested after he walked a high wire cable stretched between the twin towers of the world trade center.
Dave Pickoff, AP
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