There was "wind coming from every which way," mist so powerful it
clouded his vision and an unfamiliar wire beneath him, but daredevil Nik
Wallenda didn't let that stop him from becoming the first person to
walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls. He took steady, measured
steps Friday night for 1,800 feet on a wire across the widest part of
the gorge of the roaring falls separating the US and Canada,
accomplishing what he said was his childhood dream albeit wearing a
tether. "I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now," an exuberant Wallenda
told reporters after his feat. Associated Press. Images of his feat.
