Stunt artist fails to break world record for holding breath underwater

1. Stunt artist David Blaine taking last breaths and submerging himself for attempted nine-minute breath hold 2. Wide shot Lincoln Centre in Manhattan, location of David Blaine stunt 3. Close-up Blaine holding breath under water 4. Divers watching Blaine from top of bubble tank 5. Blaine under water holding breath 6. Wide of spectators watching Blaine and taking photos 7. Blaine emitting bubbles from his mouth, divers jumping into bubble tank to undo his hand restraints 8. Wide of Lincoln Centre after Blaine was pulled to the surface of tank 9. Blaine receiving oxygen, with his body still in tank 10. Crowd taking photos and cheering 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Blaine, stunt artist: "I am humbled so much by the support of everyone from New York City and from all over the world. This was a very difficult week, but you all made it fly by with your strong spirit and your energy. Thank you so much everybody." 12. Wide of Lincoln Centre, Blaine standing on top of tank with divers holding him up 13. Blaine being carried away on a stretcher 14. Blaine in back of a ambulance receiving oxygen 15. Ambulance driving away STORYLINE: Stunt artist David Blaine was pulled from an aquarium by divers nearly two minutes short of his goal of setting a world record for holding his breath underwater. Blaine was trying to free himself from chains and handcuffs while bidding to break the record of eight minutes, fifty-eight seconds for holding one''s breath underwater. The stunt, following a week-long endurance challenge underwater, was televised live by American network, ABC. With Blaine''s face contorted in pain and bubbles rising to the surface, divers went in to release him from the chains and pull him out. Blaine held his breath for seven minutes and eight seconds. After being given oxygen, Blaine addressed the large crowd that had gathered in the plaza of Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, where the stunt took place. "I am humbled so much by the support of everyone from New York City and from all over the world, this was a very difficult week, but you all made it fly by with your strong spirit and your energy," said Blaine. After a 100-minute television preamble that showed his training techniques - including holding his breath in a tank of sharks, Blaine had sucked in his last breath before going under. Blaine remained nearly still for the first five minutes of his dive. Then, methodically, he removed two of his handcuffs and was trying to remove chains that held him before the divers came in to save him. Blaine started training in December 2005. Doctors who have been monitoring him throughout said the training had taken its toll on the stunt man''s body. Blaine''s previous feats included balancing on a 22-inch (56-centimetre) circular platform above a 100-foot (30-metre) pole for thirty-five hours, being buried alive in a see-through coffin for a week, and surviving inside a massive block of ice for sixty-one hours, all of which were performed in New York. In 2003, he fasted for forty-four days in a suspended acrylic box over the Thames River in London, UK. Keyword- wacky - Keyword-bizarre You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5fab38cea8f1af012486f8c43ab3d14c Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

Comments

1. brain damage
2. I made some breathe holding videos. I can't believe he could hold his breath so long! My personal best is around 4 and a half minutes.
3. Wow, first commenter! Cewl. You should make more videos like this, and post more often. :3