Wallenda Family Archives
Nik and Lijana at SeaWorld San Diego; Nik’s first public performance.
Wallenda Family Archives
Terry and Delilah holding Nik and Lijana on the wire at Circus Vargas.
Wallenda Family Archives
Nik on the wire with help of mom, Delilah, backstage at Circus Vargas.
Tom Rhein
Nik and Lijana performing as teenagers at Americana Amusement Park.
Tom Boyles
Nik walking a wire in 2013 across the Grand Canyon at world-record height.
Tom Rhein
Nik Wallenda, Blake Wallenda, and Khera Smith perform on opening night at Circus Sarasota, two days after the accident.
Nik Wallenda
Lijana’s in the Sarasota Memorial Hospital courtyard, her first time outside less than a week after the fall.
Tom Rhein
Nik walks over Amalie Arena for It Works!, two days after the accident.
Delilah Wallenda
Nik and Lijana are interviewed on the TODAY show upon Lijana’s first visit to the Circus Sarasota tent several weeks after the accident.
Norm Schimmel
Nik and Lijana practice the crossover for Times Square at Nathan Benderson Park.
Joseph Mascitto
Practicing at Nathan Benderson Park in front of a crowd for the first time since the accident as she prepares for the Times Square walk.
Cliff Roles
Nik and Lijana among the skyscrapers around Times Square.
Cliff Roles
Nik and Lijana near the midpoint of the wire over Times Square.
Cliff Roles
Nik crosses over Lijana at the midpoint of the wire high above Times Square.
Tim Boyles
Nik and Lijana over the expanse of Times Square.
Cliff Roles
Lijana on the wire over Times Square.
Tim Boyles
Nik, Lijana, and family at the press conference following the Times Square walk.
Brian Bembridge
Nik completes his longest walk at the time (2015) over the Wisconsin State Fair.
Tim Boyles
Nik and Terry work to attach Erendira’s lyra to the safety cable over the Masaya volcano.
Tim Boyles
Erendira tests her lyra before moving out over the volcano.
Joseph Mascitto
Nik watches and communicates with Erendira as she performs over the volcano.
Tim Boyles
Nik in protective gear during the walk over Masaya.
Tim Boyles
Nik around the midpoint of the cable over the lava lake of the Masaya volcano.