Storm on the Horizon
A storm was encroaching, meaning that organizers were forced to execute the release earlier than planned. At 1:50 p.m., a behemoth stream of rainbow balloons was sent spiraling into the sky. The crowd cheered in amazement as a local radio D.J. declared, "There is no 'mistake on the lake' anymore—Cleveland has now broken the Guinness Book of World Records and released over 1,500,000 balloons!"