who tightroped across the twin towers?
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The hullabaloo was over a Frenchman named Philippe Petit, who was walking on a high wire more than 1,300 feet in the air, suspended between the tops of the Twin Towers of the old World Trade Center. In 2015, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis honored the feat in a film called The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit.
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Famous escapees Frank Grigware, imprisoned for train robbery, escaped from Leavenworth in 1910 with 5 other men by smashing through the prison gates with a hijacked supply locomotive. While the others were quickly recaptured, Grigware escaped to Canada.
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D.B. Cooper Hijacking. On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, a nondescript man calling himself Dan Cooper approached the counter of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon. He used cash to buy a one-way ticket on Flight #305, bound for Seattle, Washington.
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Those who think Jason Derulo tumbled down the Met Gala 2019 stairs have been bamboozled. The “Tip Toe” singer was reported to have fallen head first down a flight of stairs at Monday's fashion event. Those who are sharing the still photo online, however, have been duped.
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Nik Wallenda and sister Lijana to perform stunt 25 stories above Times Square. The brother-sister duo will start at opposite ends of "The Crossroads of the World" and walk toward each other on a high wire with crowds on the ground and a live television audience watching at home.
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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States.
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A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote to San Francisco police in 2013, but it has only now been made public. "My name is John Anglin," reads the letter. "I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962.
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She died after the North Tower collapsed during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. First Appearance: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Family: Flint Lockwood (son); Tim Lockwood (husband)
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Amanda, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were held captive for a decade until a neighbor, Charles Ramsey, heard Amanda calling for help, broke down the door and freed her. The girls endured physical, mental and sexual abuse at the hands of their captor, Ariel Castro.
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The son of a tailor, Saperstein sewed their red, white and blue uniforms (emblazoned with the words “New York”) himself. The lineup in that first game, for which the Globetrotters were paid $75, was Walter “Toots” Wright, Byron “Fat” Long, Willis “Kid” Oliver, Andy Washington and Al “Runt” Pullins.
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The tunnels Three tunnels were dug for the escape. They were named Tom, Dick, and Harry. The operation was so secretive that everyone was to refer to each tunnel by its name.
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Security is primarily provided by the United States Secret Service. Since the September 11 attacks, the restricted airspace above the White House has been expanded and better enforced. Despite security measures such as a fence, there have been some people who have managed to gain unauthorized access to the White House.
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Nicolas Cage (foreground) and Michael Pena (far right) play NYC firefighters who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center. "World Trade Center" is about two men who, against all odds, survived the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
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The men who escaped The Rock In 1962, brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris did the unthinkable: They escaped from Alcatraz, what the FBI calls the "ultimate maximum-security prison." It was supposed to be impossible. The 36 other prisoners who had tried it had all failed.
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John Allen Muhammad (December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He, along with his partner and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo (aged 17), a native of Kingston, Jamaica, carried out the D.C. sniper attacks of October 2002, killing 10 people.
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In August of 1974, workers began using steel and wood brackets that had to be lifted up the sides of the tower by hydraulic jacks in order to complete the building. The tower was topped by an observation deck, constructed of brackets bolted to tensioned steel bars, concrete and a three feet high compression ring.
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A maximum security prisoner has escaped from Goulburn Correctional Centre after tying bed sheets together to climb over a jail wall. ... "It appears that he also had a pillow [that was] put around his waist and enabled him to make good his escape over the razor wire."