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now to Nick Wallenda's historic walk across the Masaya volcano, inching his way over a lake of molten lava on a wire just over an inch thick.

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We're gonna Nick's gonna join us, live exclusively in just a moment.

But first we'll read was right there for it all.

Of all the indelible moments and images that came out of last night's event, one that stuck out was the first step that Nick took off off that wire and onto solid ground.

He raised his arms in triumph, but it was every step that he took to get there 1800 feet over that volcano that was full of suspense and drama.

Nickel Enda stepping into history, becoming the first person to ever cross a wire above an active volcano live in prime time.

His aerialist wife, Erin, Dear of the opening act Nick, watching from the edge of the crater with pride as she hung by her teeth, what with his wife back on solid ground, it was time for Nick to take his first steps in the thick fog, 1800 feet off the ground, wearing goggles and a mask to fight the Messiah's toxic gases.

Enveloped by the plume of sulfuric acid, is you can only see him with a thermal camera showing his heat signature.

A heart stopping moment, seven minutes in the cable was just around my neck.

But he stayed calm as he crossed the most dangerous part of the walk, right above that 2000 degree lava.

30 minutes into his feet, drenched in sweat.

What goes through your mind when you're watching the love of your life 1800 feet away?

I was watching him on the big screen and I could see the stress in his face.

And I was like, I'm sorry, I can't I told my in laws.

I guess I should smile, but I got a mask on.

What does it mean to be surrounded by your family for this?

This is all about family and legacy and family history and again inspiring people that nothing's impossible.

After the event, I asked his dad what he might want to say to his son.

He said, I love him and I'm proud of him.

Why don't we hear from the hero of the whole thing?

Nick will end of joining us live on G M a.

Absolutely a lot of stress, a lot of nerves.

A lot of anxiety leads up to an event like this, but I'll bet but give take us inside your heart and mind is you finally stepped off that wire again.

This has been something I've wanted to for a long time.

And we've had so many hurdles and so many setbacks, really, even over the last couple weeks that have caused me to lose sleep.

In fact, I haven't slept a lot in the last two and 1/2 weeks because of this event.

So I just to be honest, I thought, Wow, I can finally relax a little bit.

I mean, you were facing so much in this walk the acid gas, the fog, the extra weight that you had to carry.

What was the biggest challenge you had throughout it all?

You know, the gases were thick and very they actually caused my eyes to launder a bit.

There was points where I got concerned that I wasn't able to focus well enough on the cable which throws off your equilibrium.

But I will tell you the winds were shockingly bad.

There was a point where I tried to take a step and the winds were so strong in my face that it actually pushed me backwards.

And I thought I was going to step backwards.

So again, we knew there was a lot of things we couldn't predict.

But the winds were much worse than I expected.

It was wonderful to hear your spiritual person to hear how you were praying as you were going across the wire.

We were able notice to take in the moment.

I know you had a task at hand, but could you take in where you were?

I could actually, and and at the top of the walk, actually, as I was walking, I was really be able to take it in.

The wire was very stable on the gas is worth in the very beginning in the very end of the walk.

So it was pretty mesmerizing, to be honest with you, I mean, it is indescribable to explain the lava flowing below and the look of that and the heat that came with it.

I could imagine you're watching that with a lot of anxiety and a lot of pride.

As you mentioned it was I was of course, concerned for her concern for safety in really concerned for her nerves.

Our entire lives are family for several 100 years.

But to be be able to stay calm in those situations is how you're able to be successful.

I would say it's fair to say this was your biggest professional challenge yet.

You know, I don't know at this point there's a lot of ideas that I have.

I don't think at this point after walking over the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls and now an active volcano, Times Square in Chicago, I don't know how to top anything.

I think at this point, to be honest, my life is about parallels.

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