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Man on Wire
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Philippe |
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It was tense, but we were eager |
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Jean-Louis |
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I remember the extremely tense silence |
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Alan was absolutely sombre, |
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Philippe extremely tense. |
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Annie |
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I was disguised as a workman |
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Jean-François |
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That's typically American, apparently. |
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David aka "Donald" |
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Alan aka "Alberf" |
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And Philippe said to me: |
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...we are going to go in, |
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He could no longer carry on living |
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...to conquer those towers |
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because it felt like those towers |
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It was as if they had been built |
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I was twenty years old. |
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And I was |
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I was very surprised |
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and even more surprised |
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having just met me. |
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He would bring me flowers, |
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send me love letters. |
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I was completely overwhelmed, |
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bowled over, harpooned, |
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He introduced me to his wire. |
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a wire set up at the end of a garden. |
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I would spend hours watching him walk. |
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He wasn't that experienced at the time. |
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He was just beginning his life |
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We became inseparable. |
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In fact my life |
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And he never thought to ask me whether |
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It was quite clear |
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Jean-Louis |
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Jean-Louis had told me right away |
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Jean-François |
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So I knew it was illegal, but of course |
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Against the law, |
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It was wonderful! |
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Notre Dame Cathedral |
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Then Philippe appeared on the wire. |
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It was amazing. |
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I went inside, all excited, |
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and I leant over the nave |
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was taking place in Notre Dame. |
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There were a dozen or so priests |
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They were lying on the floor, |
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I was staggered, dumbstruck. |
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The organist asked me: |
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I said to him: "There's a wirewalker |
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This gentleman looked at me |
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and he said; |
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How amazing!" |
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South Tower 3.58pm |
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We drove the van inside. |
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We got through |
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We presented the company documents |
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Everything |
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North Tower 4.25pm |
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The time had come for us to part. |
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There was a real madness |
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It was truly: " I'm going to do this, |
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And he held me in his arms as if |
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Sydney, Australia |
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Mark |
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One day he showed me a photo |
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And then I was a bit frightened. |
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It was inhuman to want to go |
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This was all becoming demonic. |
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Barry Greenhouse |
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South Tower 4.27 pm |
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This beam was over the elevator shaft |
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North Tower 6.22pm |
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South Tower 7.44pm |
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Jim Moore |
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A minute ago you said the whole place |
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This is what they'll make you do |
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They'll make you clean the windows |
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South Tower 8. 10pm |
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His foot was up my nose |
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and my foot was stuck |
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we were completely entwined. |
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I guess you could say |
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I've rarely known a man |
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North Tower 9.38pm |
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Mark |
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He wanted to set up a wire |
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to correspond exactly to the |
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And to practice on it |
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Someone had spoken to him |
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and the fact that the wind could cause |
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So there was a moment |
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There was always and still is, this |
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He had a very strict upbringing. |
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And he would never have strayed |
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But he got great pleasure |
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He's so excessive, so creative, |
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so each day |
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What excited him most |
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aside from being a beautiful show |
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was that it was like |
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And that pleased him enormously. |
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Gradually things began |
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because a proper plan |
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And then the arguments |
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really got started. |
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Ok, so we get through the main gate, |
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The trick is going to be on the top |
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It is better to be dressed |
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- No! As workers... |
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It was almost impossible |
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getting into the tower undetected. |
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They didn't even know |
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And I think right from the start, |
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Jean-Louis felt |
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And he wouldn't let Philippe |
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perhaps because he felt |
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No! We're being complete idiots. |
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Jean-Louis knew I sided with him |
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and Philippe also knew |
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May 13th 197 4 |
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Guy Tozzoli |
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May 28th 197 4 |
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The first attempt had failed. |
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He called me and asked me |
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Of course my role was |
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It was always a matter |
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what was going on in his head |
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That was my job |
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He would spend the night |
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He only ever watched |
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stories about cops and robbers. |
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I'm convinced he was getting |
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He was looking for the strength, |
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so he could break into these towers. |
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So he went back, again and again, |
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to the World Trade Center, |
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And Philippe observed very carefully |
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how people went in, |
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David aka "Donald" |
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Alan aka "Albert" |
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I was really very worried. |
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The team included people |
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Jean-Louis reminded me |
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said it would be |
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the same adventure, but this time |
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He didn't tell me much more, |
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just asked whether |
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When we arrived in New York |
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at one point we went past |
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At that moment I looked up, |
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I saw the height |
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and I was horrified. |
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My legs started to shake, |
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Especially when I realised the World |
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I kept it all to myself, |
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When Jean-Louis came back, |
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It became unbearable. |
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The problem was the team. |
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The very night before the coup, |
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in a deplorable state. |
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One of them was stoned. |
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He was completely gone, |
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Jean-Louis was absolutely dismayed. |
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1 1.08pm, August 6th |
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There was someone there |
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sitting at a desk with a little light. |
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I remember the vastness of New York! |
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The Statue of Liberty, the UN building, |
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It was magnificent. |
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And the sounds as well, |
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It was all so alive! |
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And we were kings! |
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4.48am, August 7th |
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The streets were deserted. |
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I found a taxi willing to take me there. |
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So I waited with the others. |
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Other members of the team joined us. |
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And our eyes were absolutely glued |
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I was looking out |
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but we couldn't see a thing. |
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It was absolutely terrifying. |
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Suddenly we saw something, |
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just for a second, falling down. |
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There was a huge cry of relief... |
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it was only a piece of clothing. |
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We all thought: " He must have just |
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We all thought: "Of course |
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We all thought it, |
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We thought it, |
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I saw Philippe. |
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I saw Philippe up there, |
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It was so, so beautiful. |
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It was like he was walking |
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And there were |
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When he lay down... |
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...we were thrilled by this image |
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And another very powerful moment |
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It was so beautiful. |
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When he knelt down. |
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There was a moment |
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I cried out: " Look! Look!" |
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People started gathering, |
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They asked me: |
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I said: " Look, a wirewalker! |
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Philippe did provoke them, |
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because that's what |
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He would come close |
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who were trying to grab him, |
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then he would turn around |
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because they weren't about |
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The place was |
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where lunatics walk round in circles. |
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So here we were, |
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But we weren't mad, |
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I saw Philippe discover |
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to be recognized, with expressions |
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People would cross the street |
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" It was so beautiful! |
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It was a breath of fresh air... |
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It was extraordinary |
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many things were changing. |
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So the judge's sentence |
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I was expelled from the United States. |
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There was a love story. |
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But it was clear... |
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...that Philippe had gone through |
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and he was starting |
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Strangely, I felt the same way. |
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Our relationship |
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and it was beautiful that way. |
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DVD Subtitling: CNST, Montreal |
