I made it home in time to catch the live broadcast of David Blaine's Drowned Alive. The media is making a big deal over the fact that he failed to break the world record for holding your breath underwater. The technical name for this feat is static apnea, (don't say I failed to be educational, Faithful Readers...) The record was set by Tom Sietas in 2004, who held his breath for eight minutes and 58 seconds.
It seems to me that David kinda SET a world record for staying underwater for 177 hours, longer than any human ever, then holding his breath a VERY respectable SEVEN MINUTES AND EIGHT SECONDS - WHILE ESCAPING FROM 150 POUNDS OF CHAINS.
Granted, perhaps he went a wee bit over the top by adding a few too many obstacles, but I truly do not think that the object of his performance was merely to break a record.
Blaine's recent work is an awe-inspiring look at what a human is able to endure.
He IS a magic man.
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