Last Sunday, we took time out to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend, and what a better place to celebrate it than on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid, a living memorial to the sailors and Marines who served on her. Intrepid saw combat during World War II and the Vietnam War.

Each year, in honor of the men and women who serve in the United States military and their families, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum participates in and co-hosts New York City’s Annual Fleet Week celebration.



Inside the ship, we gathered interesting info. The carrier won fame in the Pacific in World War II when it fought in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (Philippines), known as the world's largest sea battle.

USS Intrepid embarked on her second career as a sea-air-space museum in New York City in 1982. On her flight deck are more than 30 aircraft representing all of the U.S. armed services as well as British, French and Soviet jet fighters. This collection features an A-12 Blackbird flown by the CIA throughout the Cold War. USS Intrepid is a National Historic Landmark.

We went to Lincoln Center last May 7 to witness David Blaine's latest stunt where he did a one-week residency in a water-filled sphere and then try to hold his breath for 9 minutes under water. He managed to hold his breath underwater for only 7 minutes 8 seconds.

Blaine has gained world-wide fame by creating marathon, death-defying stunts. In 1999, he buried himself alive in a see-through coffin for seven days. A year later in Times Square, he was frozen in a block of ice for 63 hours. And, in 2002, he perched himself 90 feet above the ground for 36 hours.