David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min

http://www.ted.com In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.

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[Henry Jackson]

I bet David Blaine can hit the shit out of a bong.

[lildoodie2004]

Seeing the way he talks...I think he did get some brain damage

[nuparutheburglar]

wow man looks like he's not the only one with brain damage

[Aaron Jones]

niqqa and u think u can do it better, if thas tha way he talks then let him talk like that, he dont need no emotions or enthusiasm, u aint him so shut tha fuk p

[sand wit]

it is just the way he speaks. i dont see anything wrong with it!

[jasee1227]

wow amazing

[ObongoUltraChimpout]

He really is the worst public speaker ever. He has no emotions or enthusiasm its really sad.

I think he has brain damage from all his tricks.

[MrHossen1223]

Then fuck off!

[Marco Fernandes]

All the stuff he actually says here is already on wikipedia anyways,whats the point of this ??? HEs sooo boring

[jjgipson]

Whoa! He broke down crying at the end!