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Burning near the river: 21 people go up in flames for world record
Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 10/19/2013 | John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer

Posted on 10/22/2013 9:43:42 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kathy Simone put a torch to her husband Saturday night and watched him burn.

"It was a little gratifying,'' she said as she smiled at her husband, the Rev. Mark Simone. "Not really. To pour the (lighter) fluid all over and then to light it was pretty scary.''

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A second group, including Kathy Simone, poured lighter fluid over the 21, then used 3-foot torches to set them off.

Those ablaze walked back and forth across the parking lot, waving their flaming arms and legs. Soon, they were on the ground. The people, who moments earlier had set them on fire, were now coating them in the foam of a fire extinguisher. Dousings with wet towels followed.

Afterward, some of the people set on fire said they never felt anything; others said they began to feel warm. Cleveland police, fire and EMS workers stood by throughout the event. Gadd paid to have them on hand. Turns out they weren't needed.

Batchelor, who has been put on fire more than 200 times, was amazed at the process.

"It looked great to me,'' he said.

It also looked great to Philip Robertson, the judge from the Guinness World Records. He spent more time looking at video after the event than a befuddled NFL referee on a Sunday afternoon as he timed the burn and made sure it was continuous.

When he proclaimed a new record was set, the crowd roared.

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


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To: Autonomous User

The Cuyahoga River was my first thought too. How long has it been since the last time it caught fire. And the enviros try to tell that pollution is worse now then ever before.


21 posted on 10/22/2013 11:31:06 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: Autonomous User
Back when the river caught on fire (several times, although it made national news just once) the Cuyahoga was less a river than a toxic waste disposal channel. The river tour boat, with the unintentionally funny name of the Good Time II, plied the waters through the industrial Flats carrying kids on school outings. I remember the river displayed a mix of day glow colors and odors that nature would never produce on her own. The mix of those chemicals and floating wood debris was what caught fire.

This Guinness Records "happening" probably should have been in commemoration of another legendary Cleveland national news embarrassing event, when the flowing Slavic mane of then Mayor Ralph Perk also caught fire.

It takes thick skin and a sense of humor to grow up sane in these parts.

22 posted on 10/22/2013 11:34:03 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“It’s all about bringing positives to Cleveland, and if we have to set ourselves on fire to do it, then so be it,”

It’s Cleveland!

The bar is very low.....


23 posted on 10/22/2013 11:43:16 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: Responsibility2nd
You win the "find the perfect animated gif" contest this week. Pick up your prize in the lobby.


24 posted on 10/22/2013 11:48:37 AM PDT by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Burning man not at Burning Man. YAHOOO!

Marshmallow stand did record business.

25 posted on 10/22/2013 12:00:11 PM PDT by Daffynition (*$17,000,000,000,000*)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Whoop de do. They wore fire suits.

Of course with the sequester, the death panels will claim fire suits were cut so we won't be issued any.

26 posted on 10/22/2013 12:08:09 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Future Darwin award winners. And a great example to their kids. What could possibly go wrong???


27 posted on 10/22/2013 12:25:36 PM PDT by Wicket (1 Peter 3:15 , Romans 5:5-8)
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