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Superhero Foundation Aims to Break World Record, Raise Awareness for Abused Children
Break out the tights and cape. Superheros are needed for the annual 5K in North Park.
Erica Burg was leafing through her daughter’s Guinness Book of World Records, a one-time Christmas present, when the record for most people gathered in costume as superheroes caught her eye. “Basically, you have stay in one location for 10 minutes is how that record works,” she said. DreamWorks Animation holds the current record, for a promotion it did in 2010 for the megahit movie Megamind. To break the previous record, the studio gathered about 1,600 costumed people in the Staples Center in Los Angeles. While that might seem like a hard number to top, Burg already has the perfect potentially record-breaking event lined up. On April 28, the Pittsburgh branch of the Texas-based Superhero Foundation will sponsor its fourth annual 5K run/…
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