Excitement in Upstate New York: Michael Strahan’s Good Morning America Visit

Former NFL great Michael Strahan is coming to Upstate New York and he is bringing the lights and cameras to capture all of the festivities.

Good Morning America (GMA) host, and former New York Giants defensive end, Michael Strahan will be visiting Upstate New York this week as part of GMA's '50 States in 50 Weeks: America the Beautiful' segment. You won't be able to be part of a live audience as this segment is closed to the public.

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In honor of its GMA's 50th anniversary and the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States, ABC News launched the yearlong series. Each week, a GMA anchor or correspondent will visit a new state, following the order in which they joined the United States. Friday September 12th it's New York's turn.

So far the series spotlighted Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.

According to syracuse.com, Michael Strahan visit Nigara Falls and report from the Maid of the Mist observatory deck for GMA. Once this airs, viewers will be a glimpse of Niagara Takes Flight: A Soaring Adventure, a fully-immersive flying theatre ride that takes you to the skies for a breathtaking journey along the Niagara River corridor.

This ride covers 56 kilometers of parkland, from the shores of Lake Ontario to edge of Lake Erie all before getting closer than ever to the thundering Horseshoe Falls. The '50 States in 50 Weeks' segment will air Friday, between 7a-9a, on the GMA broadcast.