BRITAIN DAVID BLAINE

U.S. magician David Blaine looks out of his glass box near Tower Bridge, background, London, Friday evening Sept. 5, 2003. The illusionist started his toughest endurance challenge yet Friday, spending 44 days and nights suspended in a clear plastic box with nothing but water to sustain him. The self-styled modern-day Houdini from New York is planning to live for over six weeks in a cramped plastic box with no distraction, communication or food while dangling over the river Thames. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)