Remember Phillipe Petit ?

[billfish]

I remember his famous tightrope walk between The Towers....He was on the front page of every newspaper in NYC and on every TV station 
It still blows my mind to watch him....so calm, so focused and enjoying it ! 

[Magnus]

Great memories of the NYC I grew up in !

[trog]

His book "To Reach The Clouds" is a pretty good read, and describes the planning of the walk. Robert Zemeckis directed a film "The Walk" of this too, although I think the book is better.

Another excellent book about circus feats, is "Memoirs Of A Sword Swallower" by Dan Mannix.