Wallenda becomes first person to walk across Niagra Falls on high wire
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NIAGARA FALLS, NY - JUNE 15: A tightrope stretches over Niagara Falls into Canada June 15, 2012 from Niagara Falls, New York. Aerialist Nik Wallenda will attempt walk across the 1,800 foot 2 inch-wide wire Friday night as the first person to attempt to cross directly over the falls from the U.S. into Canada. Wallenda, 33 and a father of three, is a seventh generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas who trace their roots to 1780 Austria-Hungary, when ancestors traveled as a band of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, animal trainers and trapeze artists. ABC is televising the event at 10:15pm Eastern Time Friday and insisted the daredevil wear a teathered harness to prevent live coverage of a potentially deadly fall 190 feet into the churning torrent below. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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