A French Tightrope
In this Aug. 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French high wire artist, walks across a tightrope suspended between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York.
''I started wire-walking when I was 16. My friends were happy I was pursuing this unusual way of life. My family was more reserved and didn’t directly support me or, seemingly, understand me.
I read about the construction of the World Trade Center in a magazine in a dentist’s office. At that moment I decided I was going to walk between the towers. I remember every moment of that long quest, and every moment of the walk. ''
''I started wire-walking when I was 16. My friends were happy I was pursuing this unusual way of life. My family was more reserved and didn’t directly support me or, seemingly, understand me.
I read about the construction of the World Trade Center in a magazine in a dentist’s office. At that moment I decided I was going to walk between the towers. I remember every moment of that long quest, and every moment of the walk. ''
