Nik Wallenda steps over his mother, Delilah Wallenda, in his famous walk in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This wasn't any ordinary walk for Nik, nor was it another one of his famous record breaking stunts. This was a tribute to his Great-Grand Father Karl Wallenda, who died doing the same walk on March 22, 1978. Although Karl's death was at the fault of a poor set up, this walk was still very touching and scary for the whole family. Nik's father Terry takes a lot of the blame for Karl falling as he wasn't there to set up the equiptment proparally for the walk. As proven by Nik's show, Beyond Niagara, it was the poor set up that caused Karl to fall to his tragic death. Terry was strongly persistent when saying he didn't want Nik to do this walk, but Nik wanted to in order to honor his fallen hero. Nik's mom wanted to attempt the walk with Nik as she thought it would be a great tribute to the man that taught her everything. Nik and Delilah walked in opposite directions during the walk. Horror was brought majorly towards the end of the walk as Nik slipped and almost had the same fiat as Karl. Nik mantained his balance and finished the walk. When he finished he pointed up to honor his fallen great grand father. Nik also kneeled at the exact spot Karl fell. This walk was truly a huge tribute to greatest tightrope walker that inspired Nik Wallenda. Without Karl's inspiration, Nik would have never been the King of The High Wire.
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