Buried alive

David will perform Monday April 5th, 1999. It will be at Trump Park, 68th Street at West End Avenue (Riverside Place) at 10:00 A.M.

David will attempt to be buried alive for one week under six feet of Plexiglas tank filled with 4000 pounds of water, an attempt no other magician has tried. (the 7 day thing)

David did keep his word when he said "in your face pure and undeniable" by allowing the curious to look down in the coffin through the Plexiglas tank to see David in a trance like state only with a torch. David will be fed four tablespoons of water a day, hopefully enough for him to survive.

Houdini has always fascinated David. Blaine notes that he is performing a trick Houdini never accomplished but always wanted to do. Lance Burton also compared himself to Houdini when he was buried alive.

Lets all hope Blaine gets the respect he deserves. Unlike Houdini or Burton, Blaine will be there seven days and seven nights. Is it a trick, or reality?

Day 2

After day one day of the reporters and newspapers David Blaine turned to his side. Masked Magician Valentino supports Blaine. Keep watching Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition for the latest news.

They say they can get him out in two minutes if something goes wrong. The air tube is critical.

Day 3

Regis came down to view David in the casket. He offered him a hotdog and told him to come out of there. He made David laugh talking through a microphone telling him how crazy he looks.

David was under a blanket at some of the moments he was in there. I think that maybe he has some food hidden down there and the blanket is to hide him. I believe he is down there, but I don't believe everything down there is the way it seems. After all he does keep licking his tongue. A magician stopped by to examine him and states "David is down there." because of the way he moved.

On the preview for tomorrow, Inside Edition showed an infrared camera down there. It showed David's body in radar. But that is for tomorrow. Inside Edition seems to be "obsessed" with the story.

Why would David go down there? I don't think it is completely stupid if all is true. David stayed in several different stages. He even had his shirt off. David did this for money and more money. Everyone I know has heard something about some magician being buried alive. Event the local TV stations said something. But there is plenty more to come.

I have some images coming that will be taken by Isabela personally. Come back for updates.

It seems every day the line to see Mr. Blaine gets bigger. It was around the block! Instead of a crowd gathering together to see him, they had no choice but to change the system so that only seven or eight people can go at once!

Unlike the first two days he was awake a lot. Amazing. David is the talk of New York everywhere you go you hear something about him.

Day 4                     

With the sun in his eyes waking up, David Blaine is beginning to look a little weary. He seems to be hung up on licking his lips and looking at his fingers rubbing the edge of the box. Hopefully not a sign of delusions. I meant to mention yesterday, as his shirt was off, you could see the tattoo David got when he was in love with Fiona Apple. He wasn't wearing his pajamas today anymore so they are probably under the blanket. Two girls set up a camp and had been at the sight for four hours. They probably couldn't stay there long because of the long line to see him. I didn't get any new screen shots from inside edition because I didn't have time and there wasn't anything worth seeing anyway, but I will get some from today and tomorrow, tomorrow.

Oh, Regis talked about David on Regis and Kathy Lee this morning. If you have the newest "People Magazine" there is a small article about David's new special David Blaine: Magic Man. I will probably post it in my "In Print" section tomorrow.

My new front page is up due to the fact that the front page was an illegal image so if you copied it from this website, delete it.

There will be some new images coming up Friday or Saturday taken by Isabella Covino. I think I will also have some magazine articles scanned up and ready... maybe take a little longer to get up.

Day 5

If you have been watching David Blaine from the beginning you would notice it seems he is losing some weight. If you happened to go up there get the crowd to applause. It builds up his esteem. Today it is rainy and moist so there wasn't as many people there as usual. They had to put up a big tarp for the rain. I don't think it affected David physically because his coffin is temperature controlled. He has some kind of black pouch. Maybe water pouch. Who can tell? There are a lot of more people who love this. David is not one of them… at least till he gets out of there and eats a real meal.

Day 6

Sorry for the last minute updates. I haven't been here this weekend. I haven't seen anything on TV about him. I will soon have some pictures up send by Isabella. Come back for them. Barbara Walter and Cathy Rigby stopped by. Rosie O'Donnell says David Blaine will be on her show Tuesday April 13 at 3pm central time. She sent her limo driver and a crew out to do a story on David's burial stunt today. He is also supposed to be on Conan that night. The crowds are the biggest yet in the last couple of days. They say David won't be able to walk because of his muscles softened. They should go back to normal in training.

My brother was telling me that David Blaine is not really under there because he has a perfect goatee. I later found out he was watching Inside Edition. I don't know if he shaves in there, but that is something to think about. I have had so many people email me, so hold up till I can get back to you.

Day 7 - the removal

David gets out finally. There was no big deal like I suspected. I bet there would be if David had so called hit the panic button. But David did look weak. He said a few words and went to the ambulance. He was happy and I bet he was eating like a fatty if all was as he said. Houdini's niece came by and said a few words. David Blaine was happy and she said she is David's biggest fan. Some of the few words he said when asked if it was nice to breath fresh air was "it's amazing".

"What I saw was every race of people, every age group, and every religion all gathered together smiling; and that made all of this worth it." - David Blaine

It seems David is happy to get out. "The first thing I did is take a three hour bubble bath." It seems David is preparing for a new publicity stunt. "Yeah I had plenty of time to think about that."