NIAGARA FALLS — Nik Wallenda says he can’t travel to a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head.
Even as a 6-year-old at Niagara Falls, he pictured himself walking a tightrope over the raging maw.
Now 33, the seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas is ready to live out that childhood fantasy — on Friday night, he’ll attempt to become the first person ever to walk a tightrope over the falls.
A born-again Christian, Wallenda says he stays calm on the wire by talking to God and praying.