How Far Would You Go To Protect Your Daughter's Innocence?
Plus, Daredevil Artistic Acrobats Who Give New Meaning to "Fear of Flying"
On "Nightline Prime," Airing Saturday, March 22 at 9 pm on ABC
"Nightline Prime" airs SATURDAY, MARCH 22 (9:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network. This week's reports include:
· Purity Balls: How far would you go to protect your daughter's innocence? Purity Balls - events where fathers vow "to protect their daughters in their choices for purity"- are now a full-fledged national phenomenon occurring in 48 states and in as many as 17 countries. "Nightline Prime" gets access to the Super Bowl of Purity Balls in Colorado Springs, Colorado and follows two families who subscribe to the purity lifestyle. Cynthia McFadden reports.
· Skyliners: Don't look down because you might lose your balance� "Nightline Prime" goes up in the air with the team of French artistic acrobats who give new meaning to the term "fear of flying." Correspondent Lama Hasan faced her own fear of heights in reporting this story joining the daredevil team high in the sky as they performed tight-rope walks between hot air balloons.
"Nightline Prime" goes inside the most provocative stories of our time, utilizing the newest technologies to put viewers in the middle of stories as they unfold. The new program puts the latest small, agile cameras out with journalists embedded at the center of the stories they are reporting, enabling its teams to go farther, closer and deeper than previously possible.
Jeanmarie Condon is executive producer and David Scott is senior broadcast producer on "Nightline Prime."
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