From Construction Equipment Guide:
It was a unique event gaining worldwide attention, yet it began in the ordinary way with a visit from a potential customer.
However, this particular client was planning an extraordinary event.
Steve Clark, vice president of Clark Rigging & Rental Corporation of Lockport, N.Y., recalled one day that Nik Wallenda of the famous Flying Wallenda aerialist family “walked into our office and said ‘I’m going to walk a wire over Niagara Falls’.”
“Being prudent and cautious managers that we are, we scratched our heads and thought ‘OK, good luck!’” Clark said.