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miss_squiddyLast week, David Blaine was in fear for his life when kids with laser pointers were mistaken for snipers. Last night, he was taunted with fast food.
BLAINE AND THE TEASE BURGERS
STARVING magician David Blaine last night had a juicy cheeseburger dangled inches from his face by jokers using a toy helicopter.
Blaine, who had not eaten for six days and 18 hours when the fly-by burger appeared, laughed off the prank from his perspex box 40ft above the ground near Tower Bridge in London.
But the stunt almost turned to disaster when guards caught the two jokers and the helicopter plunged towards the watching crowd of 300. Luckily it crash-landed in the car park it had taken off from.
Philip McBrien, 80, from East London, said: "This thing came from nowhere, before we knew it was up there right in front of him. Everyone was laughing and cheering and so was Blaine but I must say there was a look of desperate hunger in his eyes. It was lucky no one was hurt because those things are heavy and the blades go round very quickly."
Pat Jones, a 29-year-old charity worker, added: "I've been here all day and it's been the highlight for me. I saw a couple of guys and overheard them say they had a fresh cheeseburger and were going to land it on the box. They followed the helicopter and came out into the crowd as it hovered in front of Blaine."
Blaine is trying to go without food for 44 days caged in the perspex box. Earlier, his supermodel girlfriend Manon von Gerkan complained about the treatment her boy-friend was receiving from boozy revellers. She said: "You should see how they act. You should come at night time and see what happens. It's horrible."
Are we being mean or is this funny? Does David Blaine deserve it?
BLAINE AND THE TEASE BURGERS
STARVING magician David Blaine last night had a juicy cheeseburger dangled inches from his face by jokers using a toy helicopter.
Blaine, who had not eaten for six days and 18 hours when the fly-by burger appeared, laughed off the prank from his perspex box 40ft above the ground near Tower Bridge in London.
But the stunt almost turned to disaster when guards caught the two jokers and the helicopter plunged towards the watching crowd of 300. Luckily it crash-landed in the car park it had taken off from.
Philip McBrien, 80, from East London, said: "This thing came from nowhere, before we knew it was up there right in front of him. Everyone was laughing and cheering and so was Blaine but I must say there was a look of desperate hunger in his eyes. It was lucky no one was hurt because those things are heavy and the blades go round very quickly."
Pat Jones, a 29-year-old charity worker, added: "I've been here all day and it's been the highlight for me. I saw a couple of guys and overheard them say they had a fresh cheeseburger and were going to land it on the box. They followed the helicopter and came out into the crowd as it hovered in front of Blaine."
Blaine is trying to go without food for 44 days caged in the perspex box. Earlier, his supermodel girlfriend Manon von Gerkan complained about the treatment her boy-friend was receiving from boozy revellers. She said: "You should see how they act. You should come at night time and see what happens. It's horrible."
Are we being mean or is this funny? Does David Blaine deserve it?