From the Buffalo News:<\/p>\n
After a lifetime of staring down death atop a high-wire, Nik Wallenda on Wednesday faced a different challenge: persuading Canadian officials to let him walk a wire across Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n
Unlike the high-wire acts that made his family famous, Wallenda won’t know for weeks whether this attempt was a success.<\/p>\n
Wallenda on Wednesday presented his wire-walking plan to Canada’s Niagara Parks Commission, which controls the area around the famous cataracts.<\/p>\n
“This isn’t a stunt to me,” Wallenda told the commission. “I’ve been doing this my whole life. This is life to me.”<\/p>\n
The event would draw between 60,000 and 125,000 spectators, depending on the weather, and infuse the economy with up to $20 million, said consultant Michael Harker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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