Siblings from a famed circus family - the Flying Wallendas - walked a wire strung 25 stories over New York's Times Square Sunday, in a hair-raising balancing act performed across five city blocks. 'If you can make it in New York you can make it anywhere -- so let's make it in New York,'
New York - Siblings from a famed circus family - the Flying Wallendas - walked a wire strung 25 stories over New York's Times Square Sunday, in a hair-raising balancing act performed across five city blocks.
When the siblings met, Lijana sat on the 396-meter wire strung between skyscrapers so her brother could step over her, before standing back up and finishing the walk. In 2013 the city had declined him permission to cross a wire anchored between the Empire State and Chrysler buildings.
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