WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- Hundreds of Watertown community members, businesses, and organizations worked together Saturday to string together 10,552 feet of safety pins and beat the Guinness World Record title for longest safety pin chain. More than 170,000 safety pins were used.
The unofficial record breaking length was surveyed and measured by witnesses and will be submitted to Guiness World Records, and while the city is excited to beat the current record of 3,582 feet, organizers are also happy about the event's local impact.
"We're just amazed at the outpouring of the community, the families, people that have come out," said Carol Loch, Downtown Business Association treasurer. "We're doing this as a fundraiser and we're funding several charitable organizations in the Watertown area and that really makes it doubly cool."
The modern safety pin was invented by North Country native Walter Hunt.