The Flying Wallendas astonished the world once again, becoming the first to cross New York's Times Square on a tightrope 25 stories above the city streets. It was an incredible comeback for daredevil Nik Wallenda and his sister Lijana after she took a catastrophic fall during a high-wire stunt in 2017 and broke every bone in her face and suffered additional injury to her ribs and foot. Seventh-generation daredevil Nik Wallenda, 40, and his sister Lijana, 42, started at opposite ends of the 1,300-foot wire between 1 and 2 Times Square and crossed in the middle, in a sweat-inducing stunt aired live on ABC.
Nik Wallenda, the king of high wire, made history once again by walking across the Grand Canyon on Sunday.
Chills, thrills and more in Nik Wallenda's death-defying feat
Nick Wallenda, a 33-year-old aerialist, has become the first person to successfully cross over Niagara Falls over a tightrope, in an amazing display of acrobatics. He also became the first person in more than a century to cross over on a high wire.
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A look at those who treat the idea of putting their life at risk as FUN!
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