Blaine plans underwater challenge

BBC NEWS: "Magician David Blaine has announced plans to spend seven days submerged in a water-filled container in New York. The illusionist, who spent 44 days in a glass box for a starvation stunt in London in 2003, will use lines giving nutrition and air to stay alive. After one week, he will remove his air supply and attempt to break the world record for holding breath. Blaine, 33, endured a 62-hour stint sealed in an ice block in New York's Times Square in 2003. The magician will enter an 8ft (2.5m) high water-filled sphere on 1 May and remain submerged for a week. Organisers say they want fans and well-wishers 'to visit, touch the sphere and offer words of support'"