San Francisco Salvation Army Bell Ringer Breaks World Record

On Friday night, a local man broke the world record for bell ringing when he spent more than thirty-six hours ringing a Salvation Army bell in Union Square for charity.

Twenty-four Salvation Army bell ringers across the nation competed to break the previous record, and at the end of thirty-six hours at midnight on Saturday, fifteen of them -- including Marcelino "Butch" Soriano in Union Square -- were still standing.

"It's going well. My feet are starting to be tired," Soriano told the San Francisco Chronicle.

As of noon on Saturday, forty-eight hours after starting, Soriano was still competing to set the new record along with six other bell-ringers, according to the Associated Press. Under the contest rules, competitors must stand the entire time. They receive ten-minute bathroom breaks every four hours, but are not allowed to eat.

The competition aims to bring awareness to the Salvation Army and its charitable goals.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/17/san-francisco-salvation-army-bell-ringing-record_n_1155635.html

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