LONDON – The latest sport in London is taunting David Blaine.
The New York illusionist, who has been hanging 30 feet above ground next to London’s Tower Bridge in a 7-by-7-by-3-foot glass box for the last 10 days, is an irresistible target for people trying to get him to break his vow to fast for 44 days.
Jokers used a remote-controlled toy helicopter to fly a cheeseburger inches from his face Friday night. The copter took off from a parking lot near the Blaine encampment, dangling the burger bag – its aroma wafting around Blaine’s box.
But there has been a steady effort to disrupt his concentration. Blaine has been pelted with French fries and eggs – dutifully washed off the box by his girlfriend, model Manon von Gerkan, who got so mad she herself threw an egg at one of the pelters. A duffer on the bridge aimed his golf balls at Blaine’s cage. And the magician’s sleep was disrupted by a man banging on an Indian bhangra drum.
Blaine, whose previous stunts have included spending 61 hours in a block of ice in Times Square, has sold the TV rights to his stunt to Sky TV for a reported $8 million. People with digital TV – and a lot of time on their hands – can watch his escapade 24 hours a day.

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