page_title: David Blaine
section_title: Philanthropy and charity work
hierarchical_section_title: David Blaine / Philanthropy and charity work
caption_attribution_description: David Blaine at Brooke Army Medical Center performing "street magic" for the patients and staff.
context_page_description: David Blaine is an American illusionist, endurance artist, and extreme performer. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records.
  Blaine innovated the way magic is shown on television by focusing on spectator reactions. His idea was to turn the camera around on the people watching instead of the performer, to make the audience watch the audience.
context_section_description: Blaine makes an annual visit to perform at children's hospitals and burn units in the United States and elsewhere, including Spofford, Bridges, Horizon, and Crossroads. He has performed at Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a summer camp for children diagnosed with serious illnesses, and led 100 children on a shopping spree funded by Target and selected by The Salvation Army.
  In November 2006, Blaine performed a stunt in New York's Times Square in support of The Salvation Army. After 52 hours Blaine escaped from the shackles that had held him in a spinning gyroscope suspended above the ground. Blaine said this stunt was particularly important to him since The Salvation Army had provided him with clothing while he was growing up.
  On January 15, 2010, Blaine returned to Times Square to perform "Magic for Haiti", a performance lasting 72 hours which raised nearly US$100,000  for Haiti earthquake relief.
  Blaine also donated two $1 Million Tesla Coils to Liberty Science Center after performing a massive electricity stunt.
caption: Blaine performing for patients of the Brooke Army Medical Center, 2005
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