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Blaine is a quarter of the way through his 44-day stunt
A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to cut cables coming out of showman David Blaine's box.
The man, in his 40s, climbed a tower and scaffolding next to where Blaine is being suspended from a crane in London early on Tuesday morning, said Scotland Yard.
After throwing water bottles and other objects from the tower he tried to cut power and water lines - without success - a police spokesman said.
He came down at 0518 BST and was held for criminal damage.
The unnamed man is currently being held in custody at a south London police station.
Blaine is taking part in an endurance test, staying 30 feet (nine metres) off the ground in his plastic box, with only water, for 44 days.
Blaine, 30, who has taken part in similar feats in the US in the past, is 11 days into the London stunt.
He has also been taunted by people hitting golf balls at his box, a female spectator partially stripped off beneath him and he has been woken by drumming.
Laser pens have been shone at him - which reportedly caused concern because he thought they may have been from rifle sights.
Tormentors have also thrown eggs and bananas and even sent a burger up on a remote-controlled helicopter.
At the nine-day stage, using a microphone in his box, he said: "I like watching people eat, actually" - but said he was thinking about food a lot.
"When you go without eating for nine days... I start thinking about the most specific things that I eat... everything that I've ever eaten that I ever liked," he said.
"I close my eyes and see those vivid images, it's just like I'm really eating it. I mean, detail by detail, you see it too... and this is only nine days."
He also said the feat was "getting tough" and said: "I wonder how much longer 'til my mind goes away.
"Not permanently - but before I go a little crazy. I'm starting to laugh a lot - obsess about really weird details and stuff."
Some local residents have complained about traffic coming to a standstill on Tower Bridge as motorists slow down to look at the stunt.
Blaine's endurance challenge - dismissed by some critics as an illusion - is being televised by Sky One and Channel 4.
Blaine is a quarter of the way through his 44-day stunt
A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to cut cables coming out of showman David Blaine's box.
The man, in his 40s, climbed a tower and scaffolding next to where Blaine is being suspended from a crane in London early on Tuesday morning, said Scotland Yard.
After throwing water bottles and other objects from the tower he tried to cut power and water lines - without success - a police spokesman said.
He came down at 0518 BST and was held for criminal damage.
The unnamed man is currently being held in custody at a south London police station.
Blaine is taking part in an endurance test, staying 30 feet (nine metres) off the ground in his plastic box, with only water, for 44 days.
Blaine, 30, who has taken part in similar feats in the US in the past, is 11 days into the London stunt.
He has also been taunted by people hitting golf balls at his box, a female spectator partially stripped off beneath him and he has been woken by drumming.
Laser pens have been shone at him - which reportedly caused concern because he thought they may have been from rifle sights.
Tormentors have also thrown eggs and bananas and even sent a burger up on a remote-controlled helicopter.
At the nine-day stage, using a microphone in his box, he said: "I like watching people eat, actually" - but said he was thinking about food a lot.
"When you go without eating for nine days... I start thinking about the most specific things that I eat... everything that I've ever eaten that I ever liked," he said.
"I close my eyes and see those vivid images, it's just like I'm really eating it. I mean, detail by detail, you see it too... and this is only nine days."
He also said the feat was "getting tough" and said: "I wonder how much longer 'til my mind goes away.
"Not permanently - but before I go a little crazy. I'm starting to laugh a lot - obsess about really weird details and stuff."
Some local residents have complained about traffic coming to a standstill on Tower Bridge as motorists slow down to look at the stunt.
Blaine's endurance challenge - dismissed by some critics as an illusion - is being televised by Sky One and Channel 4.
