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City of Galveston breaks world record
The City of Galveston is now in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's longest uninterrupted walkway. FOX 26's Angie Rodriguez spoke to those at teh event Saturday morning.
GALVESTON, Texas - A world record was broken on Saturday morning in Galveston in honor of the 125th anniversary of the 1900 Storm.
Galveston Sewall sets world record
The Galveston Seawall has set the Guinness World Record for the longest walkway of 10.3 miles.
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According to the Guinness World Record website, the previous record holder was Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. The walkway was 4.5 miles long and followed the seawall from Columbus Statue Park to Gandy Boulevard.
"The seawall that was built after the great storm that protects Galveston today, has this morning been certified as the longest walkway in the world at 10.3 miles," Visit Galveston Executive Director Tony Lyle said.
Great Storm of 1900
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The Great Storm of 1900 was a large hurricane that hit the coast of Texas, greatly impacting Galveston.
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Learning about the Great Storm of 1900
The 1900 Galveston hurricane is known as the Great Storm of 1900, one of the deadliest storms in the United States, killing nearly 10,000 people and nearly wiping away the island. 122 years after the storm, Photojournalist Darlene Janik Faires shows us how the storm changed the way the county would rebuild.
Residents in the area were not given proper warning for the storm, and since there was no seawall at the time, thousands of civilians died in the floodwaters.
Why you should care:
The celebration marks the 125th anniversary of the storm, which hit Sept. 8.
During the event, residents were able to learn more about the storm's impact and how it affected everything in Galveston, from the framework of the town to the economy of Texas as a whole.
Local perspective:
Residents from all over Galveston and surrounding areas came to the ceremony Saturday morning.
"It stands for not only an engineering excellence that took place, but it stands for the resilience and the innovative quality, the patience, the fortitude and the strength of Galveston," Galveston Mayor Craig Brown said.
"I think the moment when we all turned around and looked, and it kind of hit me that this was 125 years ago today," Galveston Resident Eli Bivens said. "Then knowing the history of what it was like here and that there wasn’t a seawall and just the devastation experienced."
"The seawall saves people," Galveston Resident Elijah Nwisnewski said. "We’re going be in the Guinness book, and we’re celebrating Galveston."
The Source: Information provided from Visit Galveston and Guinness Book of World Records.