>> heather: have you heard this,
daredevil nick wallenda becoming
the first person to walk a
tightrope across niagara falls,
but it was no walk in the park,
he braved fierce winds and heavy
mist as he teetered back and
forth high above this rushing
water below and rick leventhal
is live for us in niagara falls,
new york with more on the feat.
he witnessed it and has more.
hi, rick.
>> reporter: it was incredible.
and that is what nick wallenda
said, heather, it was amazing
and absolutely incredible the
view from over the falls and
he's the only one to ever see it
from directly above niagara
falls and we'll show you where
the walked them.
wire is long gone but the record
has now been set.
walking across that raging
niagara river.
and credits concentration and
focus and prayer and his dad who
is on a head set in his ear for
keeping him calm, 10:17 p.m.,
eastern time and he climbed on
the two inch steel kascable ande
began his careful journey into