Tightrope walker banned from NYC skyscraper stunt

Nik Wallenda’s hope of tightrope walking between New York’s most famous skyscrapers is not going to happen, the city’s top police officer has said.

NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly was asked yesterday about the possibility of Mr Wallenda, a member of the famous Flying Wallendas circus family, walking a tightrope between the Chrysler and Empire State buildings.