Daredevil illegally walks tightrope between downtown L.A. skyscrapers

(KTLA) — Shocking video captured a daredevil walking a tightrope between two downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers. Oceanwide Plaza, a $1 billion mixed-use retail and luxury apartment building, has been vacant for years and has become infamously known as the graffiti towers, attracting artists and those looking to perform death-defying stunts. YouTuber Ben Schneider was the latest to attempt a stunt at the location when he walked across a slackline between the buildings, looming high above the L.A. skyline. These are the most popular baby names in California Schneider, a self-proclaimed performance artist and daredevil, posts videos under the YouTube handle “Reckless Ben” and has amassed over 350,000 subscribers. Despite a police perimeter surrounding the buildings, Schenider said he was able to slip past any watchful eyes on May 12. “We pretended we were a religious cult and we got 20 people to all hold signs saying ‘Jesus Saves’ and the signs were blocking the police’s point of view so we just hopped the fence,” he said. Inside the building, he and his team members climbed 500 feet up the tower multiple times to string together and tighten two one-inch nylon straps between the towers. While holding a camera attached to...