UP, TALKING TO ERENDIRA AND

SHE'S ABOUT TO BEGIN.

LET'S LISTEN, LET'S WATCH.

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>> DOING A GREAT JOB.

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>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> EASTRENDIRA HANGING BY HER T,

AND AS MUCH AS SHE TRAINED FOR

THIS, SAGE, SHE WAS TRAINING FOR

A HELICOPTER HANGING.

SHE DIDN'T NEED A MASK.

SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE AFFECTED

BY THIS TOXIC FOG.

>> AND SO IT'S FASCINATING TO

WATCH, WHAT SHE'S DOING, REALLY

FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH THIS

MASK AROUND HER FACE.

SHE'S GOING TO TAKE IT OFF AT

TIMES SO SHE CAN PERFORM HER

AERIAL TRICKS AND THEN PUT IT

BACK ON SO SHE CAN ACTUALLY

BREATHE WHILE SHE'S OUT THERE.

>> AT SOME POINT, SHE WILL BE

HANGING BY HER TEETH AND HER

TEETH ONLY, SO, CLEARLY, THE

HASSING IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME

OUT.

AND SAGE AND I CAN TELL YOU,

WHEN THAT FOG HITS YOU, IT GETS

YOU VERY QUICKLY.

SO, THAT WILL EASILY BE THE MOST

DANGEROUS PART OF THIS AERIAL

BALLET.

NIK WALLENDA WATCHING.

HE DOES HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH

HIS WIFE.

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>> THE WALLENDAS ARE A VERY

RELIGIOUS FAMILY.

WE SAW THEM PRAYING EARLIER, AND

YOU HEAR NIK AS HE'S SPEAKING TO

HIS WIFE, THANKING GOD.

>> AMAZING.

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>> SAGE, ERENDIRA TOLD US WHEN

SHE TRAINS FOR THIS, SHE WILL

MAKE HERSELF DO THIS PERFORMANCE

TEN TIMES IN A ROW SO SHE KNOWS

SHE IS FIT, SHE KNOWS SHE'S

READY.

SO, EVEN FOR A SURPRISE LIKE

HAVING TO WEAR THIS MASK WHERE

IT HAS TO AFFECT YOUR OXYGEN

INTAKE, SHE'S UP TO THE TASK.

>> OKAY, MY LOVE, BE NICE AND

CAREFUL TAKING THIS MASK OFF.

YOU HAVEN'T PRACTICE D THIS AT

ALL.

>> NIK REITERATING WHAT WE JUST

SAID, THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT

AND MOST DANGEROUS PART.

>> VERY GOOD.

NICE AND EASY.

YOU GOT IT.

>> SHE'S ABOUT TO BE HANGING

OVER AN ACTIVE VOLCANO BY

NOTHING BUT HER TEETH.

>> WHAT A SIGHT.

>>> DON'T THINK, CHRIS, WE CAN

EMPHASIZE ENOUGH, THE FACT THAT

LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO, THIS WAS

NOT THE PLAN.

SO, THE COURAGE FOR ERENDIRA TO

GO OUT THERE, WITHOUT EVER

HAVING DONE IT BEFORE --

>> YOU HEAR THE APPLAUSE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND

FAMILY THAT HAVE GATHERED HERE 00:05:24.824,00:00:00.000 AT MASAYA, AND THEY ARE GIVING