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Nik Wallenda overcomes '30-mph winds' during skywalk over U.S. 41 in Sarasota

Nik Wallenda crossed roughly 600 feet of open space at a height of 180 feet Tuesday from a crane positioned by the Unconditional Surrender statue to the top of the Marina Tower building in downtown Sarasota.

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Nik Wallenda successfully finishes high-wire walk in Sarasota

Daredevil Nik Wallenda has finished his high-wire walk above downtown Sarasota.
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Sarasota set for Nik Wallenda sky walk over U.S. 41

The city will close U.S. 41 between Ringling Blvd.and the John Ringling Causeway in downtown Tuesday while Sarasota native and world-famous aerialist Nik Wallenda walks over the highway from the bayfront to Marina Tower on a high wire without a safety harness.
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Aerialist Nik Wallenda to wire walk over U.S. 41 in Sarasota

Wallenda's walk will cross roughly 600 feet of open space at a height of 180 feet in the air from the Unconditional Surrender statue to the top of the Marina Tower building near the bayfront in Sarasota.
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Aerialist Nik Wallenda to wire walk over U.S. 41 in Sarasota

King of the High Wire Nik Wallenda has permission to wire walk over U.S. 41 and across the bayfront in downtown Sarasota Jan. 29.
BUSINESS

Wallenda tells Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance his family's story of high-wire artists

The Wallenda story of high-wire artists rooted in tragedy and triumph.
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Sarasota's Wallenda walks wire across Niagara Falls

Daredevil Nik Wallenda has become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of roaring Niagara Falls.
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Wallenda poised for Niagara Falls walk

No matter what you think of Nik Wallenda's not-so-death-defying act (he'll wear a tether), it's hard to look away.
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'We could die,' Nik Wallenda, age 12, on life as a daredevil

The famed Sarasotan with the famous family name, who will skywalk over Niagara Falls on Friday, didn't always aspire to be King of the High Wire.
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BUZZ WORTHY BLOG: Top 10 playlist for Nik Wallenda on the high wire