The numbers are in following last Thursday’s attempt to set the Guinness World Record for simultaneous kite flying in Enid.
After totalling registration forms, Stanley Hicks, a board member of Enid Habitat for Humanity, said the city had 2,598 kites in the air early Thursday afternoon behind Autry Technology Center.
That’s well short of the current record of 3,710 kites, set July 30 in the Gaza Strip.
Despite Enid not getting the new record, Hicks said $25,000 raised from the event will go toward building a new house through Enid Habitat for Humanity.
