How To Watch Nik Wallenda’s Wife Perform Stunt, Hanging By Her Teeth From Helicopter Over Niagara Falls

The aerialist wife of daredevil Nikolas Wallenda, Erendira, will perform a stunt Thursday morning which will involve her hanging by her teeth and toes while being on a hoop suspended from a helicopter above Niagara Falls. This stunt of hers will break a record set by her husband six years ago, where he dangled from a trapeze attached to a helicopter hovering 250 feet above a Missouri theme park.

Erendira will perform the stunt at 8:30 a.m. EDT from above the waters of the Niagara Falls. Nikolas tweeted about it saying it will be live streamed from 8:20 a.m. EDT to 8:40 a.m. EDT at wgrz.com.

Here is the schedule for Thursday morning.

8:15 a.m. EDT: Opening Remarks before helicopter departure

8:20 a.m. EDT: Nik Remarks-Event introduction

8:30 a.m. EDT: Helicopter Take-off

8:30 a.m. EDT: Stunt begins (stunt duration approximately 7 minutes)

8:45 a.m. EDT: Landing - Seneca Parking Garage Roof

9 a.m. EDT: Post Stunt Press Conference-Seneca Parking Garage Roof

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Erendira will wear a cable tether around her waist, in accordance with a New York state law which states that a safety suport for aerial stunts above 20 feet is required. However, the tether will not act like a support during her performance; it will be only there to catch her if she falls, the Washington Post reported.

As Erendira's stunt will happen on the five-year anniversary of Nikolas' televised tightrope walk across Niagara, she is quite excited to do the same stunt. During a press conference at Seneca Niagara Casino on Wednesday, she said: “I remember watching Nikolas as he was crossing the falls and thinking, ‘Boy, I wonder what that would feel like, I wonder what that would look like,’ never thinking that five years later I was going to get the same opportunity...I just feel blessed.”

"She's a ballerina in the air," Nikolas said during the press conference. He added: "It is just as much of a challenge, in fact more of a challenge often, because you're worried you're going to get tangled up in it."

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Like Nikolas, Erendira too has her daredevil stunts rooted to decades-old generations. She said from her mother's side, there were eight generations who were part of the third-oldest circus in Australia. From her father's side, seven generations were involved in performing stunts and they toured in Mexico City, NBC reported.

During the conference, Erendira also shared how she got the idea of her stunt at the Niagara Falls. She said while discussing how to maintain their connection with Niagara Falls, where they hope to open a Wallenda-themed entertainment center as well. Nikolas suggested Erendira repeat his own stunt without the tether he had objected to wearing in 2012. However, that seemed impossible.

"Remember that world record that you set years ago hanging by your teeth under a helicopter about 200 feet above the ground?" Nikolas recalled his wife saying. "Well, why don't you allow me to do it 300 feet above the falls?"

"I was like, 'Absolutely. That's amazing. That's awesome,'" he said.