David Blaine is an incredible magician who attempts amazing and terrifying stunts like being buried alive and going 44 days without food. But today, he talked about how he held his breath for a full 17 minutes.
Blaine first talks about all the ways things that he could do to make an allusion that he was holding his breath for a really long time, but then he said he really just wanted to actually do it on his own. He did a lot of research about pearl divers and the person who held the record for the longest time to hold their breath.
After his research was complete he wanted to try to break the record. His first attempt ended in failure but he was determined to try again. So, he then went to Oprah and asked if his next try could be on her show. She agreed and then helped him train his body to attack his next attempt at breaking the record on live TV.
He did break the record by 32 seconds. But, in that process he experienced almost having a heart attack and loosing blood in his fingers and many strange things like that. Doctors immediately ran many blood tests to check everything and make sure that his body and brain were o.k..
Blaine expresses that he thinks magic is showing people incredible things that they haven't seen before and didn't think were possible and that's why he really loves being a magician. His passion for magic, I think, inspires people to do what they love even if it doesn't seem possible to accomplish at the time. This means a lot to me because I always thought of magic as something that little kids do for fun but now I think about it as an incredible show of believing in yourself and doing what you love.
David Blaine used some humor in his TED Talk to take away from the complete intensity of his incredible, terrifying challenge of holding his breath for 17 minutes.
His story in this video was quite amazing. I think that it matters to the world because it will inspire kids to follow their dreams and do what they love, even if it means scaring their parents by doing crazy stunts like David Blaine. He may be a little crazy, but he is a truly incredible person with amazing stories to tell.
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