Man on Wire

Man on Wire tells the story of Phillipe Petite and his dream to tightrope walk between the two World Trade Center twin towers. Petite was very passionate about his career as a tightrope walker. Throughout the story we see how the plans to tightrope walk the towers played out. Petite needed his friends to help him pull off his dangerous stunt. Petite also had his girlfriend to support and encourage him along the way. In order to gain access to the roof of the towers to bring up the equipment Petite and his friends created fake ID's and fake invoices. Also, before the plan was set into action Petite also surveyed the building, its surroundings, and the people who would walk in the building and work in the building so he could find out exactly what went on in the building to see how he would get the equipment he needed inside to pull off his stunt. Petite also made diagrams, maps, sketches, and models of the twin tower buildings to see how he could pull off his act and get inside the building when the time came to bring the equipment inside. Looking at this brings 9-11 to my mind since what Petite was doing could have been considered terrorism since legally he would not have been allowed to do what he was doing. After Petite pulled off his tightrope walking act on the twin towers he was of course arrested, but was set free rather quickly on certain conditions. Afterward Petite slept with another woman, not his girlfriend though, it was a spur of the moment type of thing. If I remember correctly he split up with his girlfriend after pulling off his tightrope act on the twin towers. Petite would not have been able to accomplish this act if not for the help of his friends, although when the plans were taking effect one of his friends did bail out, but the rest stayed by to see his plan through. In my mind I believe Petite is a hero because he accomplished his dream, and he was very passionate about his career and dreams. So in the end Petite did what he wanted and was very happy and proud of his accomplishment.