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Blaine Still Hanging in There
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 23, 2008
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David Blaine has been upside down since yesterday, and today his medical team will be on hand at Wollman Rink to check in on their patient. There have been some concerns about what being in his position for 60 hours can do to the human body (like blindness!), so stay tuned for what's likely to be a dramatic yet reassuring press conference with the docs.
Tomorrow Blaine ends his latest challenge with "a heart-stopping plunge at 10:45 p.m," and over the past day fans have been coming up to a lowered Blaine and asking him for autographs. CBS News has some video if you aren't motivated to check it out for yourself.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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