01 May 08
This is no trick, and especially no easy magic trick.
Yesterday, April 30 2008, on the Oprah show, David Blaine broke the record for the longest time that anyone has held their breath under water. David managed to hold his breath for an amazing 17:04 minutes, the previous record was 16:32 minutes and it was set on Feb. 10 by Switzerland’s Peter Colat. You can read the yahoo news article here.