Cleveland's Balloonfest Catastrophe with Adam from Gogglebox

Just the Gist

In the 1980s Cleveland Ohio was known as 'The Mistake on the Lake’. The city was famous for its high crime rate, high unemployment rate, & a toxic river so polluted it literally caught fire every few months. It was certainly not a destination for tourists, and citizens were moving away from the city at a rapid rate.

City officials decided enough was enough & tried to rebrand Cleveland as a vibrant, thriving, exciting location by hosting a fun, spectacular attempt to win themselves a Guinness World Record by releasing 2 million helium balloons into the atmosphere… what could possibly go wrong??

Jacob shares the story with Adam Densten - one half of Adam & Symon

Follow Adam on Instagram @adamdensten and @adamandsymonshow

Listen to Adam's podcast 'The Adam & Symon Show' https://link.chtbl.com/MsfHdsVJ

Skip straight to the story: approx 7:15

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch some of the news coverage of Balloonfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0CT8zrw6lw&t=300s

Check out Treb Heining’s biography https://magicmadebydisney.com/2020/08/13/a-disneyland-balloon-boy-the-treb-heining-story-part-1/

Skip to part 2 if you wanna see Treb with Cher and her historic balloon arch ;)

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