High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda starts his walk, 200 feet above and crossing nearly 600 feet of open space from a crane to the Marina Tower in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Cond…

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda looks up to the cable, 200 feet above, before his walk from a crane to the Marina Tower in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda looks up to his wife, Erendira, before his walk from a crane to the Marina Tower in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Spectators find a comfortable spot to watch aerialist Nik Wallenda walk a high wire in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

A crowd gathers to watch aerialist Nik Wallenda walk a high wire in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

High wire walk

Aerialist Nik Wallenda, reflected in the building windows at left, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013. Wallenda did not have a harness or net. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/MCT)

Republican National Convention, Aug. 30, 2012

Delegates are gathered for the last night at the 2012 Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Thursday, August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Floria. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condi/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

Republican National Convention, Aug. 30, 2012

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks to the delegation at the Republican National Convention at the 2012 Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Thursday, August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condi/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

Republican National Convention, Aug. 30, 2012

Speaker John Boehner calls the convention to order at the 2012 Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Thursday, August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Floria. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condi/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

Republican National Convention, Aug. 30, 2012

Delegates gather before the start of Thursday night's event at the 2012 Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Thursday, August 30, 2012, in Tampa, Floria. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condi/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

Republican National Convention, Aug. 28, 2012

Reporters, photographers and other journalists gear up at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the second day, and first full day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

Republican National Convention, Aug. 28, 2012

Reporters, photographers and other journalists gear up at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the second day, and first full day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)

Animal shots of the week

A dog wears weather gear as his owners survey the damage from Tropical Storm Debby on the Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach, Fla. Monday, June 25, 2012. Debby raked the Tampa Bay area with high wind and heavy rain Monday in a drenching that could top 2 feet over the next few days and tri…