Blaine was 'pulled out unconscious'

David Blaine was unconscious and having convulsions when he was rescued form his breath-holding stunt, his trainer said yesterday.

The showman, 33, had been submerged in his New York goldfish bowl with an oxygen mask for a week and was attempting to break a breath-holding record. But the stuntman collapsed and he was rescued.

Diving expert Kirk Krack said: 'Blaine was convulsing and unconscious. If we hadn't stepped in, he would still be at the bottom of the sphere.'