From the Buffalo News:<\/p>\n
The idea of walking across a steel wire 23 stories above the ground, as French high-wire artist Didier Pasquette plans to do Thursday, would be sheer terror for most people.<\/p>\n
For the renowned Pasquette, it’s his version of “freedom.”<\/p>\n
Pasquette plans to cross the 150 feet between the downtown Liberty Building’s twin replicas of the Statue of Liberty at 6:30 p.m., two stories above the building’s roof.<\/p>\n
“It’s the only place in the world where I am alone. Nobody can come with me on my wire if it’s not a high-wire worker,” he said Tuesday from the roof of M&T Bank headquarters at One M&T Plaza, overlooking the Liberty Building at Main and Court streets. The wire could be seen in the distance after having been attached during four hours.<\/p>\n
Pasquette’s jaw-dropping walk — without a safety net — also opens “Beyond\/In Western New York,” a months-long art extravaganza that features more than 100 local, regional and international artists across 25 locations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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