Daredevil Wallenda walks wire 200 feet above Allegheny River Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | July 3, 2009| | Copyright 2009 Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

As Nik Wallenda took the final strides of his 1,000-foot, 25- minute walk across the Allegheny River on a wire estimated to be the width of a nickel, 9-year-old Benjamin Yoder of Toledo, Ohio, turned to his mother and said simply: "Awesome!"

Wallenda, standing on top of a crane that supported the wire strung 200 feet above the water, was still shaking his fists in the air, acknowledging the applause of the crowd, when Sue Yoder, 45, agreed with her son: "Fantastic!"

Thousands of people gathered Friday evening along both shores of the Allegheny to watch Wallenda, a world-famous daredevil, on ...

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