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Are you afraid of heights? Can you imagine yourself walking on a tightrope more than 400 meters up, with no safety net at all? Gusts of wind blow around you, and below lies the city and thousands of anxious upturned faces. In 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit dared to perform an unthinkable stunt — walking without a safety line on a wire strung between New York's Twin Towers.