RIGHT NOW, NIK WALLENDA IS MIC'D
UP, TALKING TO ERENDIRA AND
SHE'S ABOUT TO BEGIN.
LET'S LISTEN, LET'S WATCH.
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>> DOING A GREAT JOB.
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>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> EASTRENDIRA HANGING BY HER T,
AND AS MUCH AS SHE TRAINED FOR
THIS, SAGE, SHE WAS TRAINING FOR
A HELICOPTER HANGING.
SHE DIDN'T NEED A MASK.
SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE AFFECTED
BY THIS TOXIC FOG.
>> AND SO IT'S FASCINATING TO
WATCH, WHAT SHE'S DOING, REALLY
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH THIS
MASK AROUND HER FACE.
SHE'S GOING TO TAKE IT OFF AT
TIMES SO SHE CAN PERFORM HER
AERIAL TRICKS AND THEN PUT IT
BACK ON SO SHE CAN ACTUALLY
BREATHE WHILE SHE'S OUT THERE.
>> AT SOME POINT, SHE WILL BE
HANGING BY HER TEETH AND HER
TEETH ONLY, SO, CLEARLY, THE
HASSING IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME
OUT.
AND SAGE AND I CAN TELL YOU,
WHEN THAT FOG HITS YOU, IT GETS
YOU VERY QUICKLY.
SO, THAT WILL EASILY BE THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THIS AERIAL
BALLET.
NIK WALLENDA WATCHING.
HE DOES HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH
HIS WIFE.
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>> THE WALLENDAS ARE A VERY
RELIGIOUS FAMILY.
WE SAW THEM PRAYING EARLIER, AND
YOU HEAR NIK AS HE'S SPEAKING TO
HIS WIFE, THANKING GOD.
>> AMAZING.
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>> SAGE, ERENDIRA TOLD US WHEN
SHE TRAINS FOR THIS, SHE WILL
MAKE HERSELF DO THIS PERFORMANCE
TEN TIMES IN A ROW SO SHE KNOWS
SHE IS FIT, SHE KNOWS SHE'S
READY.
SO, EVEN FOR A SURPRISE LIKE
HAVING TO WEAR THIS MASK WHERE
IT HAS TO AFFECT YOUR OXYGEN
INTAKE, SHE'S UP TO THE TASK.
>> OKAY, MY LOVE, BE NICE AND
CAREFUL TAKING THIS MASK OFF.
YOU HAVEN'T PRACTICE D THIS AT
ALL.
>> NIK REITERATING WHAT WE JUST
SAID, THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT
AND MOST DANGEROUS PART.
>> VERY GOOD.
NICE AND EASY.
YOU GOT IT.
>> SHE'S ABOUT TO BE HANGING
OVER AN ACTIVE VOLCANO BY
NOTHING BUT HER TEETH.
>> WHAT A SIGHT.
>>> DON'T THINK, CHRIS, WE CAN
EMPHASIZE ENOUGH, THE FACT THAT
LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO, THIS WAS
NOT THE PLAN.
SO, THE COURAGE FOR ERENDIRA TO
GO OUT THERE, WITHOUT EVER
HAVING DONE IT BEFORE --
>> YOU HEAR THE APPLAUSE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY THAT HAVE GATHERED HERE 00:05:24.824,00:00:00.000 AT MASAYA, AND THEY ARE GIVING