Of all the stories and news items I’ve read this week, this was by far my favorite. So, even though it may be “old news”, it makes me smile anyway. Maybe the story is new to some of you. It goes like this:
This past week, David Copperfield actually used his sleight of hand skills to avoid being robbed.
According to police reports, Copperfield was walking with two assistants to their tour bus after his show Sunday in West Palm Beach, when four teens pulled up in a car. Two armed robbers allegedly got out of the car and demanded the group’s belongings.
One woman handed over $400 from her pockets and the other gave up her purse with 200 euros, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a cell phone. Copperfield, however, refused to empty his pockets. He says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone.
As the car drove away, Copperfield read the license plate number to an assistant while she called 911. Four teenagers were arrested and charged with armed robbery. All their belongings were recovered.
Who would have thought that being a magician could provide skills that would prove useful in possible life and death situations? Wow. I better keep practicing those card tricks…
April 28th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
He is my hero, now. I need to hire him as my purse-guard.