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David Blaine says he's unhappy with latest stunt
By Associated Press
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NEW YORK -- Magician-daredevil David Blaine says he's unhappy with how he ended his latest stunt: hanging upside-down without a net high over Central Park for 60 hours. | Video

The 35-year-old endurance artist, who completed the stunt Wednesday night, expressed his disappointment in an appearance Thursday morning on "Live With Regis and Kelly."

"I had dreamed up the most amazing ending for a stunt ever," he said.

Blaine said his grand finale of diving from a platform 44 feet to the ground while attached to a harness didn't go according to plan. He was supposed to jump and, at 10 feet, be swept away by a bunch of helium-filled balloons.

Instead, he dangled awkwardly for a moment before disappearing in an ascent into the night sky.

Blaine said ABC, which aired the event in a two-hour special called "David Blaine: Dive of Death," had encouraged him not to dive because of high winds.

"I wasn't going to let everybody down, so I just jumped, and somehow the guys with the balloons made it work, and they pulled me slowly up and I went over into the park and they pulled me down," he said.

Blaine added: "I know that it didn't work right when all my friends called up and said, `Wait, what happened? I'm confused.'"

Did his head feel heavy with blood during his upside-down act?

"In the beginning it did," he said. "At the end of the first day I thought I wasn't going to make it. I didn't know what I was going to do, but I didn't want to disappoint everybody, so I kept pushing and going as hard as I could."
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David Blaine hangs upside down above Central Park's Wollman Rink in New York as he nears the end of his latest endurance challenge, "David Blaine: Dive of Death," on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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suds4333 wrote on Sep 26, 2008 2:25 PM:

" based on what he is saying is what supposed to be, sounds like it still would have sucked "

dumbdiddydumb wrote on Sep 26, 2008 7:12 AM:

" There's tons of video circling the web showing him sitting up and even standing up during this 60hr "upside down" stunt. So I really wouldn't have considered this any type of success even if he had a smooth finale. "

anchor wrote on Sep 26, 2008 6:45 AM:

" I got news for Blaine, He's been disappointing me for a long time. Stick to the slight-of-hand, hot sot. "

so what wrote on Sep 25, 2008 7:24 PM:

" To Dr TL:

Boy your standards must be pretty low! "

Dr TL wrote on Sep 25, 2008 3:47 PM:

" David Blaine is my hero! "

so what wrote on Sep 25, 2008 3:47 PM:

" Yeah, that ending was pretty lame. "

Brenstalka wrote on Sep 25, 2008 3:44 PM:

" I can spin in circles for minutes on end. Where's my camera crew? "
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