Record-Breaking PR Stunt Ends in Citywide Chaos

On the Assembly Line

"It was like an assembly line, non-stop," said Mandy Basel, a volunteer who was 16 at the time. "I was a tier. I was not a very good tier before the event, but after a while, I could do it with my eyes closed. It didn’t take long to get good at it. And fast—20 seconds a balloon."

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