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The incredible story of Philippe Petit, the tightrope walker who traversed New York's Twin Towers
CRAZY PEOPLE.
is one of the best-known tightrope walkers in history and is best known for having traversed, quite illegally, the Twin Towers at on the morning of August 7, 1974, when the Towers had not yet been officially opened for business.
His other feats include crossing the bell towers of the cathedral in Paris (in 1971), crossing Niagara Falls and at .
Born in France in 1949, was a self-taught tightrope walker and was arrested more than 500 times during his lifetime because of his feats.
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The tightrope walker who traversed the Twin Towers.
Philippe Petit is one of the best-known tightrope walkers in history and is best known for traversing, quite illegally, the Twin Towers at New York on the morning of August 7, 1974, when the Towers had not yet been officially opened for business.
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