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Balloons landing on a pasture in Geauga County, Ohio, spooked a resident's Arabian horses, which allegedly suffered permanent injuries as a result. The resident sued the United Way of Cleveland for $100,000 in damages and settled for undisclosed terms.
In Medina County, Ohio (south of Cleveland) a small cluster of balloons drifted into a ranch there, frightening a number of horses. One horse in particular received serious injuries as a result, prompting yet another lawsuit.
Dec 18, 2021 · The more than one million balloons dropped back down to earth, littering the land and clogging waterways all over Northeast Ohio. Not only that, many of the balloons consequently washed ashore on the Canadian side of Lake Erie the following several days afterward.
On Sept. 27, 1986, approximately 1.5 million balloons were released into the air above the city of Cleveland in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record. But what started as a fundraising...
May 7, 2023 · Years after the event, George Fraser – United Way’s director of marketing and communications at the time – referred to the infamous Balloonfest ’86 as his greatest success and his biggest failure. It’s a perfect example of how something can go so hideously wrong without careful consideration.
In the 1980s, the charity, United Way, attempted to set a world record and raise money by launching 1.5 million balloons. The result was a harbinger of today’s environmental crisis, as deflated balloons rained down and wreaked havoc on the city of Cleveland and nearby areas. The event was largely forgotten.
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Oct 29, 2022 · The balloon obstructed a US Coast Guard search for two boaters who were subsequently discovered to have drowned, blocked airport runways, and blocked land and waterways. A Guinness World Record attempt involving the release of 1.5 million balloons above Cleveland was made on September 27, 1986.
