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Posted: 9:05 AM Mar 20, 2010
High-wire performer strolls between towers in Florida
A world record-holding high-wire
performer crossed a 50-foot span between 32-story towers in
downtown Fort Myers to promote upcoming performances.
Reporter: Associated Press |
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - A world record-holding high-wire
performer crossed a 50-foot span between 32-story towers in
downtown Fort Myers to promote upcoming performances.
Nik Wallenda is a member of the famous Flying Wallendas circus family.
He was nearly 400 feet in the air Friday afternoon when he
crossed a wire just five-eighths of an inch thick and strung
between the towers of High Point Place. The stunt was a promotion for Circus Sarasota, which is performing in Fort Myers through next Sunday.
The 31-year-old Wallenda set a Guinness world record in October 2008 for the longest distance and greatest height ever traveled by bicycle on a high wire.
Wallenda is a seventh generation high-wire performer. He's the
great-grandson of circus legend Karl Wallenda, who fell to his
death during a wire walk in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1978.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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