Philippe Petit remembers it like it was yesterday. On Aug. 7, 1974, he made an illegal high-wire walk 1,350 feet above the ground between the Twin Towers.

The French high-wire artist will look back on his 131-foot walk between the buildings during a show called "Towering." The event will take place on Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.

“Every detail, the wind, the vibration of the cable. It’s in my body and soul, you know, it’s interesting, 50 years later,” he said.

Petit has been an artist-in-residence at the cathedral for more than 42 years. He will walk across the nave of the enormous Morningside Heights cathedral 20 feet above the ground.

“I will have a big stage underneath the wire and audience on both sides, but the thing is my friend Sting will play and sing while I am on the wire,” he said.

Sting, singer, songwriter and musician, will perform a world premiere of the song he wrote about Petit’s walk between the towers, which were destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Petit says he has been asked about his thoughts on that day.

“I cannot really compare the loss of 9/11, the loss of two buildings, with the loss of thousands of human lives. You cannot mix that up, so I let people imagine how I felt that day,” he said. 

Petit says the performances are a celebration of his accomplishment at the buildings, which just like him, became known worldwide after his feat.

A documentary on the walk called “Man on Wire” was released in 2008, and a feature film called “The Walk” in 2015. At the age of 74, Petit says he has no plans to retire anytime soon.

“I’m not a daredevil. I’m the opposite. I am somebody who wants to affirm life and inspire people to look up, look at the birds and start flying,” he said.

For tickets, visit the cathedral's website.