"The original Twin Towers walk took place on the morning of August 7, 1974, after Petit and a group of conspirators broke into the World Trade Center while it was still partially under construction, and used a bow and arrow to span a tightrope between the towers."
"It had taken more than eight months of meticulous planning to carry out the performance, including creating a mock-up of the distance between the Towers on a field in France, studying their engineering, and using various disguises and fake IDs to gain access to them."
"Petit walked, ran, lay down, and knelt on the wire, a quarter of a mile in the air, as the city looked on from below."
"The event, which was being held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Petit's walk between the Twin Towers, had an air of subdued anticipation at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine as we waited for Philippe Petit to take the stage."
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