Title : The Flying Wallendas attempt to cross Times Square 25-stories high on a 1,300ft-long high-wire
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The Flying Wallendas attempt to cross Times Square 25-stories high on a 1,300ft-long high-wire
Defying gravity! The Flying Wallendas take first steps in daring live stunt where they walk between two Times Square skyscrapers on a 1,300ft-long high-wire set 25 stories above ground
- The Flying Wallendas, consisting of siblings Nik and Lijana Wallenda, are crossing a 1,300ft-long high-wire between two skyscrapers in Times Square
- The daring stunt attracted hundreds of spectators on Sunday evening
- It'll be the first stunt for Lijana since her catastrophic 2017 accident where she fell during human pyramid stunt and broke every bone in her face
- On Sunday the duo will start on opposite ends of the high-wire that's as wide as a quarter and cross over each other to the other end
- They estimate it'll take 20 to 30 minutes to complete the daring crossover
- The two will wear safety harnesses - something Nik usually opposes - for the act
The Flying Wallendas are braving the New York skies in a daring never-before-attempted stunt to cross a 1,300ft-long high-wire set 25-stories high across two sky scrapers in Times Square.
If all goes well, it'll be an incredible comeback for daredevil Nik Wallenda and his sister Lijana after she took a catastrophic fall during a high-wire stunt in 2017 and broke every bone in her face and suffered additional injury to her ribs and foot.
Around 9:20 on Sunday Nik Wallenda took the first steps in the gravity-defying act and Lijana followed soon after marking her first stunt since the 2017 accident, singing hymns as she went.
Nik strutted out with confidence as Lijana was a bit delayed and gave a last minute nervous glance over her safety gear.
In the stunt Nik and Lijana wear safety harnesses - something Nik usually opposes - as they cross the wire that's just three-fourths of an inch wide, the same width of a quarter.
The two started on opposite ends of the wire and slowly and steadily made their way across to meet in the middle. Lijana then sat on the tiny wire as her brother Nik crossed over her before she got back up and continued the walk.
At 26 minutes Nik made it to the other side of his wire successfully, as his sister lagged behind. The duo estimated it would take between 20 to 30 minutes to finish the wire.
Lijana continued to finish the strut solo and she sang praise songs to herself to overcome the noise of her shaky, uneasy breathing. She was heard telling herself inspirational messages such as 'fear will not overcome me'.
The Flying Wallendas, consisting of siblings Nik and Lijana Wallenda, are crossing a 1,300ft-long high-wire between two skyscrapers in Times Square
The stunt began around 9.20pm with Nik taking the first steps onto the wire
Lijana nervously followed afterward her brother onto the daunting high-wire. It's her first stunt since her catastrophic 2017 accident where she fell while performing a human pyramid and broke all the bones in her face
Don't look down! The two tried to ignore the blaring billboard ads and the noise of the crowds below as they walked towards each other
The dangerous cross over: Slowly Lijana lowered herself on the wire as Nik stepped over her
Moving on: After Nik walked over Lijana she picked herself up off of the wire and continued to steadily walk on the thin high-wire
The midpoint: The two started on opposite sides then met in the middle where Nik cross over Lijana as she sat on the wire
'I knew I'd get back on the wire. It's my life. It's my passion,' Lijana said on ABC in an interview aired before her walk.
'This is who I am. This is what I love. it's still hard sometimes. I doubt sometimes. But I put my trust completely in god and believe he has given me the mental strength,' she added.
Prior to heading out Lijana said she was nervous about her ankle - the same that was injured in the fall - saying it was a bit swollen after walking around the city in a shaky pre-stunt interview.
When asked why she dared to walk out again she said, 'Walking the wire is my passion. But I kind of lost that and forgot who I was after the fall...And I finally remembered who i was through this whole training.'
'I knew I had to push through, and boy, I'm so glad I did,' she added.
It was a historic stunt for the Wallendas, who haven't performed such a daring act since Lijana's 2017 accident
In the stunt they'll cross a quarter-wide 1,300ft-long high-wire set 25-stories high across two sky scrapers in Times Square
Nik started the walk saying: 'If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.'
In the 2017 incident Lijana was attempting an eight-person pyramid stunt during a Circus Sarasota rehearsal when she and four other performers fell 40 feet to the ground.
Following the incident, Nik is more than happy to wear safety harnesses.
'In this situation especially, with my sister involved, I do feel like it’s very important,' he told The Wrap. 'With everything that she’s gone through, and that near-fatal accident that she went through a couple years ago that we were all involved in, I just think it’s important.'
Lijana Wallenda's horrifying injuries after she fell 40 ft from a high wire in Sarasota in 2017, breaking every bone in her face. She had to have 72 pins put in place to reconstruct it
Lijana had to have 72 pins put in her face and some in her foot. One of her X-Rays is shown
The performer also broke a bone in her upper left arm. It is shown in an X-Ray above
Lijana is shown practicing for Sunday's Times Square stunt with her brother, Nik. She said she was nervous in the clip because the wire was moving lots
'To be honest, I don’t think that I would allow her to do this — not that I control her, but I just wouldn’t be comfortable,' he continued. 'And I feel like I would be foolish at that point. So, for this one it was a little easier to comply than normal, though it is not my favorite situation, it’s not the ideal situation.'
The Wallendas come from a long-family of acrobats dating back to the late 1700s.
Their first stunt in the U.S. was in 1928 at Madison Square Garden.
Nik Wallenda currently holds several Guinness World Records and is best known for crossing the Grand Canyon and the Niagara Falls while precariously balancing on a tight-wire.
Just earlier this week Lijana shared images of her horrific injuries from the 2017 injuries showing her bloated face from her broken bones and her broken ribs and foot.
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