Man on Wire' Philippe Petit still risks it all at 73

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Almost 50 years after his famed tight-rope walk between the Twin Towers in New York, Philippe Petit still has his head in the clouds. Clad in an orange shirt and red suspenders, the 73-year-old French native peers across the vast lobby of a Washington museum, the site of his next exploit. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out a short red string. "Sometimes I stop and say,.
Almost 50 years after his famed tight-rope walk between the Twin Towers in New York, Philippe Petit still has his head in the clouds. Clad in an orange shirt and red suspenders, the 73-year-old French native peers across the vast lobby of a Washington museum, the site of his next exploit. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out a short red string. "Sometimes I stop and say, 'It would be nice to put a wire there,'" he told AFP, showing how he holds it out at arm's length to get a sense of the set up. Even at his age, Petit still plans to make the walk without a safety net or harness.