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.