The carabiner chain, which started to wrap around the ball field a second time, is seen wrapped twice over home plate as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford. The Guinness World Record isn't what the day was about, though, as the chain is a visual representation of breaking down the stigma of mental health and suicide awareness and prevention through talking about mental health and showing we are stronger together. The record was broken with the completion of a carabiner chain of 13,808.
Amanda Winters, left, and Amanda Bauer connect carabiner chains as community members came together at Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 — World Mental Health Day — to set a Guinness world record for most carabiners linked. The world record wasn't what the day was about, though, as the chain was a visual representation of breaking down the stigma of mental illness and bringing awareness to suicide prevention through talking about mental health and showing we are stronger together. The record was set with the completion of a chain of 13,808 carabiners.
Marisa Giarnella-Porco (left), co-founder and CEO of Jordan Porco Foundation, and Tim Restall (right), team president for the Hartford Yard Goats, react after officially verifying the first chain of 100 carabiners as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford. The Guinness World Record isn't what the day was about, though, as the chain is a visual representation of breaking down the stigma of mental health and suicide awareness and prevention through talking about mental health and showing we are stronger together. The record was broken with the completion of a carabiner chain of 13,808.
Amanda Winters stretches the chain of carabiners as it starts it's second lap around the ball park as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford. The Guinness World Record isn't what the day was about, though, as the chain is a visual representation of breaking down the stigma of mental health and suicide awareness and prevention through talking about mental health and showing we are stronger together. The record was broken with the completion of a carabiner chain of 13,808.
From left, Bear's BBQ Hartford team member Melanie Cruz, assistant manager Tiana Concepcion and general manager Sam Reid walk past third base on their way to link their carabiner chins to the larger chain as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford.
Molly Otero, of Portland, verifies the length of a pre-linked carabiner chain as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford.
Team members stand together for a photo as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford.
Shay Johnson, general manager for Bear's BBQ in Windsor, stands for a photo taken by Amanda Winters, assistant manager for Bear's BBQ, as community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford. The Guinness World Record isn't what the day was about, though, as the chain is a visual representation of breaking down the stigma of mental health and suicide awareness and prevention through talking about mental health and showing we are stronger together. The record was broken with the completion of a carabiner chain of 13,808.
Community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford.
Community members came together on World Mental Health Day to break the Guinness World Record for most carabiners linked at Dunkin Donuts Park Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Hartford.