Fil-Canadians join record-breaking event in Niagara Falls during solar eclipse

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Hundreds in Canada break a Guinness World record in an event to mark the total solar eclipse. As Jocelyn Reyes Sambilay tells us: Filipinos were among those who joined the event and witnessed the spectacle. #TFCNews Like and follow TFC News Facebook: https://facebook.com/TFCNewsNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tfcnewsnow/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@tfcnewsnow Website: https://mytfc.com/news News website: https://news.abs-cbn.com/tfcnews Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #TFC #TheFilipinoChannel #TFCNewsOntario #ABSCBNNews #TVPatrol #SolarEclipse

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Revelers in Canada, including Filipinos, gathered at the iconic Niagara Falls on April 8th to witness the historic solar eclipse.

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Dressed in red raincoats and big yellow suns, the gathering was aimed at setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as the sun.

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Filipino-Canadian Nick Son and his family were among the first in line to be a part of this historic event.

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Nakaka-proud po bilang isang kababayan ng Pilipino. At the same time, sun din niya pili do. Wearing the flag, representing the Filipino community. Hindi naman yan palagi ginagaway.

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Aileen Hind and her Zumba group meanwhile added a lively touch to the gathering, dancing to the beat of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart.

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We decided to have eclipse dance and we rehearsed it. All of us were wearing yellows.

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Well, we were told to wear yung nga comfortable shoes, non-slippery, kasi nga yung mist, mababas ka talaga.

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309 people boarded a Niagara Falls cruise ship to attempt to break the record, previously set by 287 participants from China in 2020.

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I can tell the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, drumroll, drumroll,

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that you have...

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309 people!

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And I can say that the city of Niagara Falls, you are new Guinness World Record.

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After the record-breaking attempt, thousands gathered to witness a rare total eclipse at the falls.

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Alberto Lim and his family traveled for two hours and endured the cold weather to secure the perfect spot,

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to observe the celestial phenomenon.

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So when I started the video, it was already a little bit dark, but as the time comes closer to 318, it got darker and darker and darker.

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And then finally at 318, for the next three minutes there, it was totally dark.

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And when it was totally dark there, as you can see in the video, the only thing that you can see is at the other side,

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on the U.S. side where there were lights on the casinos on that side there.

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My wife and my daughter were to my right, and I couldn't see them.

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Despite the cloudy weather that affected the view of the eclipse,

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Ana Rosales and Bong Gomez were glad to have been part of the event,

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which held special significance for them as Filipinos in Canada.

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I felt very privileged to be able to see it the second time around,

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because it was a time, you know what I mean?

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That's why it's really, really nice.

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I didn't appreciate it back then.

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But now, I appreciate it more, especially since that's where I reached total darkness.

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Turnout to the event was lower than anticipated at over 200,000.

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But for attendees, including PhilCanadians, it was still a memorable and historic day to witness the celestial spectacle.

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