Huffington Magazine Issue 53 | Page 32

Voices DAVID BLAINE HUFFINGTON 06.16.13 ENTERTAINMENT COURTESY OF TED Holding My Breath for 17 Minutes Doesn’t Scare Me … But This Does I NEVER FEARED HEIGHTS, sharks, being shot, drowning, starvation, or even death. A couple of years ago, I was faced with the one thing that actually did intimidate me — speaking at the TED Conference in front of some of the greatest minds in the world, people whom I have always admired. For years I would attend the conferenc e, do magic to all of the speakers, and then get blown David Blaine holds his breath for 17 minutes during a live telecast of The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2008.