David Blaine's Breathtaking Stunt

Wrapped in a blanket, illusionist David Blaine is carried to an ambulance after attempting to break the world record for being submerged in water for 9 minutes, New York, Monday, May 8, 2006. Blaine was pulled out of the sphere at the 7 minute, 8 second mark.

Divers bring David Blaine to the surface as his body shows signs of danger during the 33-year-old illusionist's attempt to break the world record for being submerged in water for 9 minutes, New York, Monday, May 8, 2006. Blaine was pulled out of the sphere at the 7 minute, 8 second mark.

Illusionist David Blaine relaxes in his water sphere as he attempts to break the world record for being submerged in water for nine minutes, New York, Monday, May 8, 2006. Thousands of spectators watched from the plaza at Lincoln Center in the televised event.

In chains, David Blaine takes his last breaths of air before submerging in water for 9 minutes in an attempt to break the world record in New York, Monday, May 8, 2006.

On a giant video screen, illusionist David Blaine waves to fans from inside his water sphere at the plaza at Lincoln Center before he attempts to break the world record for holdign his breath underwater for 9 minutes, in New York, Monday, May 8, 2006. Divers pulled Blaine out of the sphere at the 7 minute, 8 second mark.

A crowd gathers around an acrylic sphere filled with water, which is home for magician David Blaine, 33, right, at Lincoln Center in New York, May 7, 2006. Blaine, who has spent almost a week in the aquarium with an oxygen tube in his mouth, plans to end the stunt by holding his breath under water longer than 8 minutes, 58 seconds on Monday. Blaine complains of peeling skin, sharp pains in his joints and a severe earache.

Illusionist David Blaine, left, submerged in an 8-foot acrylic sphere filled with water, presses his fingers against the sphere with those of a well-wisher at Lincoln Center in New York, May 8, 2006. After a week in the water sphere, his personal trainer said on Monday that he is worried about Blaine's condition and questioned whether he will be able to hold his breath for nine minutes at the end of the stunt.

Talk show host Kelly Ripa, right, joins illusionist David Blaine, in an eight-foot "human aquarium" where he is living for seven days and nights in public view in a Lincoln Center plaza in New York. Blaine says he's in "pretty bad shape" as he nears the end of his latest feat, but vowed to go through with his finale of holding his breath underwater for nearly 9 minutes.

Illusionist David Blaine prepares for his seven-day endurance challenge under water at New York's Lincoln Center on May 1, 2006. On May 8, Blain will remove his oxygen tube and attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds. He invites visitors to stop by and wave to him.

Illusionist David Blaine, immersed in an 8-foot sphere filled with water, waves to visitors in New York on May 1, 2006, as they observe his latest stunt. Blaine's previous feats include balancing on a small platform for 35 hours, being buried alive in a see-through coffin for a week, surviving inside a massive block of ice for 61 hours, and fasting for 44 days in a suspended acrylic box over London's Thames River.

David Blaine, immersed in an 8-foot sphere filled with water, writes "Hi" on a slate to visitors in the plaza of New York's Lincoln Center, May 1, 2006. Blaine will spend a week living in the sphere, getting oxygen via a tube in his mouth. On May 8, he'll go on live TV and try to hold his breath underwater to surpass a record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds while trying to escape from 150 pounds of chains and handcuffs.

Dr. Murat Gunel, right, chief of Neurovascular Surgery Program at the Yale University School of Medicine, shows a message to stunt artist David Blaine, who is immersed in an 8-foot sphere filled with water during his latest stunt, on May 1, 2006. Blaine is spending a week living in the sphere, located in the plaza of New York's Lincoln Center.

David Blaine, 33, began his latest death-defying feat on May 1, 2006, in New York. He will spend a week submerged in an 8-foot snow globe-like "human aquarium" filled with water on the plaza of Lincoln Center. A diving helmet will allow him two-way communication over the next seven days. Blaine has been training with professional diving instructors in the Cayman Islands.

Performance artist and magician David Blaine began his latest "death-defying" attempt on May 1, 2006, when he entered an 8-foot acrylic sphere filled with water at New York's Lincoln Center. Blaine has oxygen for now -- but on May 8, he will attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than any other human in history in front of an audience on live TV.

David Blaine, immersed in an 8-foot sphere filled with water, waves to visitors on May 1, 2006. The visitors are observing Blaine's latest stunt -- spending a week living in the sphere, located on the plaza of New York's Lincoln Center.