would it be to walk a cable across niagara falls. >> he is the seventh generation of a family tempting death to thrill crowds over two centuries. it all began with nick's great grandfather, carl wallenda architect of the seven-person chair pyramid. performed 35 feet up. no net. in 1962, after one misstep, the pyramid collapsed. two family members died. and one was paralyzed. but the next day, with broken bones and a broken heart, carl snuck out of the hospital so he could make that night's performance. >> yeah. >> until they nail you down? >> that's right. >> the wallenda patriarch stayed on the wire until he was 73, until this fateful moment trying to cross between two hotels in puerto rico, he lost his balance and then his life. >> feel all right? >> i'm good. >> last year for "danger by design" on the science channel nick and his mother went back to puerto rico, back to the place where carl fell to his death and he completed the journey his great grandpa never did.
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