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 ...
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.
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.
“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.....
Marshmallow stand did record business.
Of course with the sequester, the death panels will claim fire suits were cut so we won't be issued any.
Future Darwin award winners. And a great example to their kids. What could possibly go wrong???
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