Tag: Nik Wallenda
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This Day in Pop Culture for June 15
2012: Man Walks a Tightrope Over the Falls The “King of the Wire,” Nik Wallenda, an American acrobat holds seven Guinness World Records for various feats but on this day in 2012, he conquered his most famous to date: he became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched across Niagara Falls. That was the…
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Is Nik Wallenda Tempting God?
ABC will be airing the terribly-named special, Volcano Live! with Nik Wallenda. Is it okay to do crazy stunts like this and then ask God for safety?
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Nik Wallenda and Sister Attempt New Highwire Act Above the Streets of New York
Tightrope artist Nik Wallenda, who has done a few of these highwire specials on ABC before, will once again temp fate but this time with his sister, Lijana who only recently recovered from a deadly fall. In 2017, Lijana fell 30 feet off a tightrope, along with four others, during a rehearsal for a show.…
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