Though the story leading up to the Twin Towers walk was pleasant and interesting ... Everyone should be familiar with the story of Philippe Petit, not only because it was such an iconic event of the ...

when an 18-year-old street performer named Philippe Petit, waiting in a dentist's office in Paris with a toothache, came across an article about the twin towers, along with an illustration of the ...

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

Philippe Petit is famous for his high-wire performances, such as walking above Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral and between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. BBC News caught up with Mr Petit ...