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Nik Wallenda talks Atlantic City stunt

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That's daredevil who recently walked to tight rope across Niagara Falls to -- took his act to Atlantic City.

And this time there was no hornets know safety net of any kind.

-- is high above the beach nick will lend a walking distance of about a quarter mile all hundred feet in the air near the Tropicana casino.

No net no nothing but say and ten stories down.

The police are estimating the crowd -- more than a 100000.

As he completed this latest stunt.

You'll call a couple of months ago he walked to tight -- 200 feet above Niagara Falls.

And at the time he said the ABC television network forced him to -- harnessed for that stock they were airing it and he said he wasn't happy about the harness.

The C fox -- correspondent Jonathan Hunt was there in Atlantic City when it happened this afternoon during studio B and Japanese seem worried about his grip on the wire before even started the thing.

Yeah you remember as we watch all this unfold live on studio B -- at -- stop to -- -- Walking back woods along that -- with -- one issue on the on one issue off it wasn't clear to us here on the grind out what that was all about at the time but I spoke to nick -- end off to woods.

And he explained that he was worried about the Amanda -- -- that it apparently got stuck to the grease on the cable listen to this.

When I got to the top -- but -- -- not right here.

So I decided that issue off -- and see how I would feel bad that's what you would do because we would -- and I were talking about that about you at one on one well that's right because I wanted to see what's gonna be more safe and more comfortable as he can be -- -- with the -- an asset backed up in that fresh wire there where my -- have -- -- -- -- she actually feels that by reciting what feels more -- Acquire shares which mom makes paid off.

Yes his mama makes those shoes the souls of which by the way -- made.

Out of elk skin if you -- thinking of metal walking a Y.

-- it is apparently what you want on your feet chapter all right -- you know not much scares -- these will Linda's bit.

You talked about something that does scare him up there.

Yeah we talked a little bit about what scares him the most he said it's the wind is always in this situation.

All the most dangerous thing -- felt a couple of stiff breeze is Wally was -- that but nothing that really -- him but I did talk to him about whether he ever thinks about dying.

Given that his great grandfather in 1978.

-- doing a war and almost exactly the same height of the one nick did today listen to this.

I don't think about death they think about my great grandfather I think about the fact that I need to pay attention that I -- I lose my balance that I could die so I guess they do you think about death in a way.

Scary.

Not scary at all but I definitely -- -- scary as -- today at at this.

I -- get butterflies the second year to entertainer -- whether singer comedian as they step out on stage.

Yeah I don't think Milton Jones thinking I couldn't put one foot in the wrong place and die even -- is well I doubt he's taken that.

So a lot of people coming here -- -- to Atlantic City to gamble with their life savings -- -- ended today.

Gambled with a life -- -- from the crowd loved him for it.

Next stop by the way big Grand Canyon without a safety Thomas sometime next summer sham wow and why not Jonathan Hunt along the boardwalk in AC Jonathan thanks.

The man who discovered the country's.

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