David Blaine Doesn't Do It Again I don't t truely David Blaine didn't break the world record for holding his breath in last night's overly-hyped, newest waste of time special on ABC. He also didn't die trying, as overly advertised.

Blaine was pulled from an aquarium by divers near the end of the two-hour Monday night special, the offcial time holding his breath underwater was 7 minutes, 8 seconds. He was shooting for 9 minutes, with the record he was hopping to break at a meer 8 minutes, 58 seconds for holding one's breath underwater.

This will probably be the last David Blaine special for a hopefully long while, as ABC producer Shelley Ross, the true person responsible for this, is at the end of her contract with the network, and is not expected to resign.

- David Blaine's Bubble Bursts (E! Online)
- Blaine Fails to Set Underwater Record (ABC News)
- David Blaine Inhales, But It’s Shelley Ross Who’s Holding Breath (New York Observer)  ¶ 4:47 AM