hugs Man breaks record for Valentine's Day in Las Vegas
An Ohio man 51 years took seriously the spirit of Valentine's Day: 7777 hugs given 24 hours to set a new world record. Jeff
Ondash, who adopted the pseudonym "Teddy McHuggin", broke the world record for hugs on Saturday night in front of the hotel Paris Las Vegas casino on the famous Las Vegas Strip area, where they are most hotels, casinos and resorts of the city.
"When you hug someone, the person has subsequently smiling," said Ondash. "They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. A hug a day ... it's fun. "
Ondash said he wanted to be world champion hugs to raise money for American Heart Association (American Heart Association). The goal is important for him, because his father and brother died relatively young due to heart problems, he said.
His daughter Carlie, who was counting the arms of his father at the beginning of a busy day on Friday, the nickname was invented to make the show more fun. Ondash wore during the day a red suit style Formula 1 driver with logos of hugs and a wide belt fighting type.
"Jeff Ondash breaking a record does not really mean much, "he said. "Teddy McHuggin other hand, dominates the world champions of hugs, now awaits the winner of the marathon of hugs."
"Nobody in the world has attempted anything like this before," he said.
Ondash, who hails from Canfield, Ohio, and broke the record for most number of hugs in an hour, according to the Guinness Book of Records, for a total of 1,205.
The previous record of 5,000 hugs in a day, was marked last year by Siobhan O'Connor in Dublin, Ireland, Guinness spokesman, Philip Robertson.
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