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Wide shot, crowd watching David Blaine in Times Square 2. Medium of man taking photo of David Blaine 3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Blaine, Magician:\"When this happened it just...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAssociated Press Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 15 January 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot, crowd watching David Blaine in Times Square \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium of man taking photo of David Blaine \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Blaine, Magician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When this happened it just devastated me. I couldn''t sleep and I haven''t slept. I haven''t been able to sleep so I figured the best thing I could do is try to help on some level and raise some awareness and raise some money.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Zoom out crowd watching Blaine\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot of Blaine performing card trick \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Blaine, Magician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Ten years ago I filmed my second television special in Haiti. And I was so moved by the people because it was a country where as you know, it''s the poorest country in the western hemisphere. They have so little. You see fifteen people sleeping in one room that''s very small, on the floor with nothing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003eJerusalem, 9 Aug. 2006\u003cbr/\u003e7. U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson gestures during a press conference \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 15 January 2010\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Blaine, Magician (on comments made by Pat Robertson about Haiti being \"cursed\"):\u003cbr/\u003e\"That he''s an (expletive). That''s how I feel. I can''t even, I don''t even understand. How could anyone ever respond that way? It''s like a country is devastated and there''s little babies and little girls crying, dying and their dads can''t do anything. And this guy is saying that they deserve that? Who would say that? Who would even? I just don''t even understand that?\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, D.C, 7 Nov. 2007\u003cbr/\u003e9. File photo of Pat Robertson \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 15 January 2010\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Blaine, Magician (on Pat Robertson):\u003cbr/\u003e\"People like, there''s certain people who like tragedy or like devastation. Like to by cynical. Maybe he''s just spinning fire on purpose. You know what? You can''t blame anybody for anything. Who knows what''s happened to him? Maybe he was raped by a Haitian. I don''t know. I don''t get it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close up on Blaine performing card tricks \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) David Blaine, Magician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I''ll be here for the next thee days and three nights doing magic to anyone that wants and talking hanging out, doing cards, people can bring their own stuff and people can donate a dollar, can donate two dollars or five dollars or 100 dollars.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up woman signs card for Blaine \u003cbr/\u003e14.  SOUNDBITE (English) Tiffany Laplanche, Blaine fan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have family in Haiti that we''re still trying to find. Some people down there. And it''s just devastating to me. The state it was in before this was completely terrible. And now ugh. To me it''s just simply heartbreaking. I mean a 7.0 radius earthquake? That is insane.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Zoom out on Blaine talking to crowd \u003cbr/\u003e16.  SOUNDBITE (English) Tiffany Laplanche, Blaine fan (on Pat Robertson):\u003cbr/\u003e\"I''m devastated by the fact that he stated that. It makes me greatly angry. I mean even if I wasn''t like Haitian, it''s not just because they''re my people. It''s a moral thing as a human beings. It makes me greatly angry.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close up of Blaine performing card tricks \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Zindani, Blaine fan:\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: \"Do you have any explanation for what you just experienced?\")\u003cbr/\u003e\"No, that''s a miracle right there. That''s crazy and the fact that he knew what I was thinking. And he knew that I changed my mind. I was, I had picked the four of diamonds and he knew that in my mind I really wanted a four of clubs. And when I looked at the sharpie said you were thinking the four of clubs. That''s amazing. He''s David Blaine. That''s why he is who he is.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Medium shot of women donating to the Red Cross jar   \u003cbr/\u003eMagician David Blaine is camping out in New York''s Times Square for 72 hours to help raise money for quake-stricken Haiti.\u003cbr/\u003eBlaine, who shot a TV special in Haiti in 1999, said he was devastated by the news. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I couldn''t sleep and I haven''t slept. I haven''t been able to sleep so I figured the best thing I could do is try to help on some level and raise some awareness and raise some money,\" said Blaine. \u003cbr/\u003eThe marathon starts Friday (15 JAN) at 9 a.m. and will continue until 9 a.m. Monday. \u003cbr/\u003eBlaine will be performing street magic non-stop and encouraging New Yorkers and visitors to donate to the Red Cross.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"I''ll be here for the next thee days and three nights doing magic to anyone that wants and talking hanging out, doing cards, people can bring their own stuff and people can donate a dollar, can donate two dollars or five dollars or 100 dollars,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe day after the earthquake evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson said Haiti has been \"cursed\" because of what he called a \"pact with the devil\" in its history.\u003cbr/\u003e\"That he''s an (expletive).That''s how I feel. I can''t even, I don''t even understand. How could anyone ever respond that way?\" Blaine said of Robertson''s comments. \"It''s like a country is devastated and there''s little babies and little girls crying, dying and their dads can''t do anything. And this guy is saying that they deserve that? Who would say that? Who would even? I just don''t even understand that?\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe went on to say: \"People like, there''s certain people who like tragedy or like devastation. Like to by cynical. Maybe he''s just spinning fire on purpose. You know what? You can''t blame anybody for anything. Who knows what''s happened to him? Maybe he was raped a Haitian. I don''t know. I don''t get it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eRobertson''s spokesman said the comments were based on Voodoo rituals carried out before a slave rebellion against French colonists in 1791.\u003cbr/\u003eDavid Blaine fan Tiffany Laplanche came out to support the cause. 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