Five years after her husband walked a tightrope over Niagara Falls, his wife is planning her own teeth-clenching stunt there.

To be precise, Erendira Wallenda, a trapeze aerialist, plans to hang by her teeth from a tether connected to a helicopter flying over the Falls, Niagara County officials announced Tuesday night.

By a 14-0 vote Tuesday, the County Legislature earmarked $35,000 to help pay any costs connected with the spectacle, which local officials hope will draw thousands of tourists like Nik Wallenda's nationally televised 1,800-feet tightrope walk did on June 15, 2012.

Niagara County Majority Leader Randy R. Bradt, R-North Tonawanda, who helped author the resolution that was introduced on the floor of the Legislature, noted that Nik Wallenda's 2012 walk not only captured the imagination of a billion people around the world, but offered a big boost to the local economy.

It "generated an economic impact estimated at $21 million, with $3 million in direct revenues to the City of Niagara Falls. Plus, our tourism industry received a massive shot in the arm, with hotel bookings elevated for weeks after. We want to recapture that energy for our local economy," Bradt said in a news release Tuesday.