In 1974 a Frenchman – young, cute, good family – decided to string a wire between the two World Trade Center Towers at the 104th floor and walk the wire between them. A caper. Several friends started the two year planning with him, several dropped out. In the end he got a couple of guys who, they said, looked like “losers.” One said he was probably stoned that day; he had been stoned every day for 35 years, so why not that day. The Frenchman – Petit – did it. He even lay down in the middle of the 200 foot wire. He walked back and forth 8 times. There are no words to describe how amazing was this feat. What a time, 1974.
Man on a Wire (documentary)
