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David Blaine’s Ascension stunt breaks YouTube Originals livestream record – ABC News
The renowned daredevil said he floated beyond 7,500 metres above the Arizona desert while strapped to a bunch of balloons in an event that set a new record for a YouTube Originals livestream.
David Blaine’s latest stunt, ascending nearly 25,000 feet (7,620 metres) above the desert while hanging from a cluster of balloons, has set a new YouTube record.
Attached to jumbo balloons, Blaine donned a parachute mid-flight and strapped on an oxygen mask as he neared 24,900 feet according to his team, an altitude where most commercial airliners travel.
“It’s like magic, it feels like I’m floating in the air,” Blaine said on a radio to his team of aides back on the ground after gently liftin…
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