A giant net covering the box kept the balloons together.
It was an incredible sight, but only for a while.
Then the weather started to play havoc.
The balloons covering the lake surface made it impossible to find the head of any floating person.
Their dead bodies later washed ashore, and of the wives sued United Way.
The drifting spheres also caused the Burke Lakefront Airport runway to close off for 30 minutes.
In Medina County, a woman sued claiming the balloons spooked her Arabian horses resulting in injuries.
United Way spent $500,000 organizing the event, and lost millions more in settling lawsuits.
We’ve learned a lot in the last 25 years."
Sources:Wikipedia/Cleveland.com/History by Zim
