NEW : Niagara Falls was not wearing a safety tether , and no net was below him . NEW : two watched the 600-foot-long high-wire walk in Florida , Florida . He garnered headlines Last June by walking across Niagara Falls . Nik Wallenda is the first person in recent history to cross over the actual falls .
NEW : Nik Wallenda was not wearing a safety tether , and no net was below him . NEW : Thousands watched the 600-foot-long high-wire walk in Sarasota , Florida . He garnered headlines last year by walking across Niagara Falls . Wallenda is the first person in recent history to cross over the actual falls .