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Nik Wallenda Successfully Walks Across Spinning Orlando Eye Observation Wheel: Watch!

Wildest one yet! Nik Wallenda, of the famous Flying Wallendas family, completed his most death-defying stunt yet! The former Ringling Brothers performer walked across the Orlando Eye observation wheel in Florida on Wednesday, April 29 — on live TV!

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Wallenda, 36, was joined by Today show co-hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie via satellite for the crazy accomplishment, which only took a few minutes. While many viewers held their breath, it was Lauer who jokingly breathed into a brown paper bag.

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Nik Wallenda walks untethered atop the Orlando Eye on April 29, 2015

“Wow, look at this beautiful view up here! You can see everything,” he said, while standing hundreds of feet above the ground. “It’s a long way down.”

Indeed, the 400-foot observation wheel is taller than the Statue of Liberty, which stands at 305 feet. Wallenda went without a harness and didn’t hold his trusty pole, which helps with balance.

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Nik Wallenda conquers his sky-high stroll atop the new Orlando Eye on April 29, 2015

Wallenda didn’t appear nervous, but did say it was windy before beginning the 30-meter trek. And just like that — in under five minutes(!) — he safely reached his goal.

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“[You need] to stay as calm as possible because once you get scared the adrenaline takes over and then it can become very dangerous,” Wallenda said after the scary feat. “This is definitely a dream of mine. I’m living out what my family has done over 200 years.”

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Matt Lauer breathes into a paper bag while Nik Wallenda walks top the Orlando Eye on April 29, 2015

The daredevil previously completed a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls in February 2012. He did the same over the Grand Canyon in Arizona in June 2013. 

Watch the amazing video above!

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