Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about 7 miles north of the trade center at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The artist, 74, sought to celebrate the ...

Shortly after 7 a.m. on Aug. 7, 1974, French performance artist Philippe Petit stepped out from the ... and a drop of 1,360-feet and certain death below him should he make one wrong step.

At 74, Philippe Petit once again defied the odds on Wednesday ... from Europe to handcuffs in a New York City jail and the death-defying balancing act in between. However, Petit told amNewYork ...

Philippe Petit, the high-wire performer famous for his death-defying walk between the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center in 1974, will appear at DC’s National Building Museum Thursday, ...

Philippe Petit honored the anniversary by getting back on the wire at New York's Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. The man featured in one of the most stunning images as he walked on a high ...

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Philippe Petit will walk a highwire across the nave of St. John the Divine in New York City, the world's largest cathedral. "My love for magnificent places ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News sat down with French high-wire artist Philippe Petit as he gears up for the 50th anniversary of his historic walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Fifty years after his iconic high-wire walk between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about 7 miles north of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years after his iconic high-wire walk between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about ...

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