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Aerialist Nick Wallenda walks the high wire 200 feet over U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Fla., without a safety harness on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Sarasota City Commission is allowing him to do the stunt without a tether. Wallenda wore a tether for the first time last summer when he walked across Niagara Falls because the television network that was paying for the performance insisted on it. -
Aerialist Nick Wallenda walks the high wire 200 feet over U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Fla., without a safety harness on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Sarasota City Commission is allowing him to do the stunt without a tether. Wallenda wore a tether for the first time last summer when he walked across Niagara Falls because the television network that was paying for the performance insisted on it. -
Spectators find a comfortable spot to watch aerialist Nik Wallenda walk a high wire in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. -
Aerialist Nik Wallenda starts his walk, 200 feet above and crossing nearly 600 feet of open space from a crane to the Marina Tower in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. -
Aerialist Nik Wallenda walks the high wire 200 feet over U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Fla., without a safety harness on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Sarasota City Commission is allowing him to do the stunt without a tether. Wallenda wore a tether for the first time last summer when he walked across Niagara Falls because the television network that was paying for the performance insisted on it. -
Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. -
Aerialist Nick Wallenda walks a wire suspended 200-feet above the Sarasota Bayfront, crossing over U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Fla., without a safety harness on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Sarasota City Commission is allowing him to do the stunt without a tether. Wallenda wore a tether for the first time last summer when he walked across Niagara Falls because the television network that was paying for the performance insisted on it. -
Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. -
Aerialist Nik Wallenda travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. -
Barb Renaud of Bradenton, Fla. center, cheers with other spectators as aerialist Nik Wallenda finishes his skywalk over U.S. 41 in downtown Sarasota on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Sarasota City Commission is allowing him to do the stunt without a tether. Wallenda wore a tether for the first time last summer when he walked across Niagara Falls because the television network that was paying for the performance insisted on it. -
Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk.
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