Wallenda act to go on after fall

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda promised Thursday that his show would go on, despite a high-wire accident that sent five performers tumbling 30 feet to the ground.

Wallenda said five performers suffered broken bones, scrapes and bruises in a fall Wednesday but that all are expected to fully recover.

Eight performers were practicing a headline act for Circus Sarasota, which opens Friday.

Wallenda, in the “rudder” position and calling out commands, said he watched them tumble.

Wallenda said he rode in the ambulance with his sister Lijana. His aunt also was injured, he said.

While they don’t yet know what caused the accident, Wallenda said someone may have briefly “blacked out.”