Kneeling for children and stretching to hug taller people, a college student believes she has hugged her way into the record books.
Jordan Pearce, 18, said she hugged 765 people in less than an hour and plans to send the results to Guinness World Records.
The hugs took months of planning. Pearce and her family had to apply to Guinness World Records with detailed plans. The event had to be supervised by two important members of the community and be in the news.
Photo: AP 美聯社
District Judge Lynn Davis and State Senator Curt Bramble counted the hugs, which required arms and hands wrapped around the person.
"I was getting pretty glistening," Pearce said of hugging - and sweating - in the hot sun.
A new record will not be approved until Guinness gets photographs, video and written statements from witnesses. The record is 612 hugs in an hour.
One man spilled a drink on Pearce. A little girl refused to let go of her blue sucker, and a little boy kicked and screamed, not wanting to hug a stranger.(ap)
不論是屈膝擁抱小朋友，還是向高個子伸長雙臂，一名女大學生相信她已經「擁抱」了世界紀錄。
十八歲的喬丹:皮爾斯說，她在不到一小時內擁抱了七百六十五人，並計劃以該成果申請《金氏世界紀錄》。
擁抱活動花了好幾個月籌劃，皮爾斯和家人向《金氏世界紀錄》提交了詳細的計劃書。活動得由社區內兩位重要人士監督，還必須登上新聞。
地方法官琳:戴維斯和州參議員克特:布蘭柏負責計算擁抱的人數，手臂和手掌必須環抱著某個人才算。
皮爾斯說她在豔陽下邊抱人邊流汗，「閃亮的大小汗珠溼透全身。」
新紀錄則要等《金氏世界紀錄》收到見證人的照片、影片和書面陳述才會被通過。目前的紀錄為一小時內擁抱六百一十二人。
一名男子把飲料灑在皮爾斯身上；一名小女孩拒絕放下她的藍色棒棒糖；還有一名小男孩邊叫邊踢，不想擁抱陌生人。（美聯社／翻譯：張愛弟）
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