The Disastrous Aftermath of Cleveland’s Release of 1.5 Million Balloons

The Coast Guard couldn’t tell the difference between a head, a life jacket, and balloons

Alice Vuong
Better Marketing
Published in
5 min readMay 10, 2021

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A man holds black balloons while looking out at the water.
Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash

It was September 27, 1986. The weather forecast predicted rain for Cleveland that day but they couldn’t postpone an event that was six months in the making.

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