Cloud, wreak havoc on the city in the US

In 1986, this giant cloud was seen over the city of Cleveland, Ohio. A colorful spectacle in the sky shocked locals and tourists. But still it killed two people and caused countless losses as a result of the chaos of the day. It looked quite surreal, like in another dimension.




These colorful clouds disrupted daily life in Cleveland ...



And most interesting is that it was just a bunch of balloons.



The participants of the charity fund «United Way» released into the sky 1, 5 million balloons



Volunteers work in a few days to gather together so many balls







At this time, the storm passed over the Great Lakes and the balls he pushed back down into the city. Two people were tragically killed in an inverted boat.



Balloons also represent a great danger to the helicopter taking off the US Coast Guard, who were to go on a quest



It complicates the search and that the drowned men were hidden among the balloons.
In one of the numerous lawsuits that followed that day, it was the claim of the woman struck frightened horse, seriously wounding her. She sued for $ 100,000.



The most beautiful event has turned into a tragedy.
Nobody could imagine that such a publicity stunt will result in death, litigation and general chaos. Over time, the city recovered from the event, and fortunately, United Way never tried to do it again.

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Source: earth-chronicles.ru