Daredevil stuntman Nik Wallenda

Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Jan. 29, wowing several thousand people below in his hometown of Sarasota.

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  3. A crowd watches as daredevil Nik Wallenda walks a tightrope above the beach at Atlantic City on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Officials say some 150,000 people witnessed the walk. (AP Photo/Geoff Mulvihill)
  4. Nik Wallenda nears the middle of his tightrope walk over Niagara Falls as seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to wa
  5. Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet
  6. Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet
  7. Nik Wallenda walks a tightrope over Niagara Falls as seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,8
  8. Nik Wallenda walks across Niagara Falls on a tightrope as seen from Niagara Falls, N.Y., Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,80
  9. Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope as seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope
  10. The Maid of the Mist enters near the dangers zone before Nik Wallenda