Largest tow truck parade-world record
set by the Metropolitan New York Towing Association
NEW YORK, NY, USA -- 292 tow trucks (including flatbeds,
wreckers and 50-ton rotators) rumbled through New York City,
setting the world record for the Largest
tow truck parade.
Photo: 292 tow trucks spell out
the words 'New York' on a runway at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett
Field after setting the World
Record for 'Largest Tow Truck Parade' in New York. / Photo
by Metropolitan NY Towing Association, Ray Stubblebine)
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photo)
The trucks departed from Shea Stadium
in Queens and cruised down a couple of highways before finishing
at an abandoned airport tarmac to spell out "New York."
The previous world
record for the Largest tow truck parade was set
on Aug. 20, 2004, at Hampton Beach, NH, by a parade of 252
tow trucks.
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