Magician/Illusionist David Blaine Successfully Soared Over Page With Just Balloons Wednesday

Magician and illusionist David Blaine successfully soared over Page and Lake Powell Wednesday morning while hanging onto 52 helium balloons. Blaine ascended to nearly 25-thousand feet before letting the balloons go and parachuted back to the ground. He needed oxygen after passing 20-thousand feet. Blaine’s latest event was to recreate the 1956 French film “The Red Balloon,” in which a young boy flies over Paris with a cluster of balloons. Blaine’s flight was streamed live on his YouTube channel.