![Daredevil Nik Wallenda speaks to the press in anticipation of his high wire walk on Saturday in Niagara Falls, New York June 14, 2012. Wallenda, 33, a seventh-generation member of the famed " Daredevil Nik Wallenda speaks to the press in anticipation of his high wire walk on Saturday in Niagara Falls, New York June 14, 2012. Wallenda, 33, a seventh-generation member of the famed "](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2cxjx0x/daredevil-nik-wallenda-speaks-to-the-press-in-anticipation-of-his-high-wire-walk-on-saturday-in-niagara-falls-new-york-june-14-2012-wallenda-33-a-seventh-generation-member-of-the-famed-flying-wallendas-family-of-circus-performers-is-set-to-walk-a-2-inch-5-cm-cable-strung-1800-feet-550-meters-across-niagara-falls-gorge-on-june-15-the-first-such-tight-rope-feat-between-the-united-states-and-canada-in-more-than-a-century-reuters-doug-benz-united-states-tags-society-2cxjx0x.jpg)
Daredevil Nik Wallenda speaks to the press in anticipation of his high wire walk on Saturday in Niagara Falls, New York June 14, 2012. Wallenda, 33, a seventh-generation member of the famed "
![Daredevil Nik Wallenda poses for a photograph at Table Rock, adjacent to the brink of the falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 13, 2012. Wallenda, 33, a seventh-generation member of the famed " Daredevil Nik Wallenda poses for a photograph at Table Rock, adjacent to the brink of the falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 13, 2012. Wallenda, 33, a seventh-generation member of the famed "](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CXWGA9/daredevil-nik-wallenda-poses-for-a-photograph-at-table-rock-adjacent-to-the-brink-of-the-falls-in-niagara-falls-ontario-june-13-2012-wallenda-33-a-seventh-generation-member-of-the-famed-flying-wallendas-family-of-circus-performers-is-set-to-walk-a-2-inch-5-cm-cable-strung-1800-feet-550-meters-across-niagara-falls-gorge-on-june-15-the-first-such-tight-rope-feat-between-the-united-states-and-canada-in-more-than-a-century-at-rear-is-the-high-wire-reutersdoug-benz-canada-tags-society-2CXWGA9.jpg)
Daredevil Nik Wallenda poses for a photograph at Table Rock, adjacent to the brink of the falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 13, 2012. Wallenda, 33, a seventh-generation member of the famed "
![Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the U.S. side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario June 15, 2012. Wallenda, a member of the Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the U.S. side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario June 15, 2012. Wallenda, a member of the](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2e5jcde/tightrope-walker-nik-wallenda-walks-the-high-wire-from-the-u-s-side-to-the-canadian-side-over-the-horseshoe-falls-in-niagara-falls-ontario-june-15-2012-wallenda-a-member-of-the-famed-flying-wallendas-family-of-aerialists-completed-a-historic-tightrope-crossing-through-the-mist-over-niagara-falls-gorge-on-friday-stepping-from-a-2-inch-wire-onto-safe-ground-in-canada-to-wild-cheers-from-a-crowd-of-thousands-reuters-fred-thornhill-canada-tags-society-2e5jcde.jpg)