In September 1986, the city of Cleveland attempted to set a special record: the simultaneous launch of 1.5 million balloons. But fate intervened, and the result was both crazier and more tragic than anyone could have imagined. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/562556/cleveland-balloonfest/
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Is this what inspired the movie up
This is the most ridiculous idea. Are the people going to clean up the spent balloons that will end up in oceans trees and grass lands? STOP this ridiculous idea from EVER HAPPENING AGAIN,!! And shame to all who participated in it!
And all the boomers in this video expect YOU to clean up this mess. Even tho YOU hadn't been born by then.
So what happened to the watch? That's wht I'd like to know
Man’s would not shut up about how great Cleveland was like god damn ain’t nobody wanna go there
Did Mary Ellen ever get her watch back?
This hurts to watch knowing that helium is a finite resource. So much it could've been used for.
We should do it again but even more balloons
So much PLASTIC!!!! Destroys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's cute. Stupid too, but cute.
He kissed that lady with the missing watch right in the mouth. Gross!! Everything about this is just disturbing
I question the validity of the fisherman story as all news stories as the media has been proven to have lied endlessly. If I was a person who had capsized in the ocean and a million helium balloons came floating down, I would be filled with hope as I would stay afloat by holding onto them.
I would not doubt that the controllers of this circus we call Earth mocked us with this event as they consider us all to be Clowns.
So much stupid in one action! Only in America.
Canada: a shiny and clean country.
Ballons: HOLD MY HELIUM
Canada? Well that’s OK then. All good.
😁
It's about money and power 🤑
If y’all ever feel useless, remember Cleveland exists
It broke a record.But actually they are the first idiots to release more than a million balloons that is exhausting to clean
Three disasters to hit Cleveland, the burning Cuyahoga River, the Balloon Disaster, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cleavlamd is such a shit city they had To release 1.5 million gallons get some attention
Isko kehte hai padhe likhe ganwar 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What was the point? They say, oh, it's a world record…..a lot of things would be a world record, but that doesn't mean you should do them.
World record of human stupidity? I think we outdo ourselves every day, we really do not deserve to live on this planet.
Cleveland is A MESS
Cleveland is A WASTE
Cleveland is A BIG, FAT MISTAKE.
All of those balloons were just trying to get away from Cleveland.
Nobody thought this may be a bad idea as far as litter ?!
I was 10🤯
All these going into the city water
That's sad
Cleveland sucks…but I got to stay at charlie butts home for a while, a senator and it's a GREAT mid sized city…not a large city of that's what your looking for, go to NYC
Idiots polluting the planet. Not surprisigly it was made in…..
Generation offended was not born or busy getting their diapers changed. Otherwise they would have said something.
I mean millennials.
Crackheads living life to the fullest!
990.000 Luftballons 🎵
the guinness world records are corrupt, they should have recognised this because there were a lot of balloons.
we need a new world record tracking thing.
Fuck everything… I'm done.
Trash in the air
Another mistake on the lake.
Sadly when the balloons were released someone drowned miles away
Tbh Cleveland has never been a good city to live in.back when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire and the smog of the 70s, Cleveland should know not to dumb thing's like this
Hahaha that was totally disastrous.
Too funny.
This is freaking comedic gold! Jesus fuck!
“It’s no longer the butt if the joke.” Lmao