The man behind Derry's bid to secure its place in the Guinness Book of Records - by having the most Santas in the one place at the one time - says Sunday's event will 'go down in history'. Martin Mullan, chief organiser of the 10,001 Santas event, described Sunday’s turnout - estimated in the region of 13,000 people - as “phenomenal”.
“I am the proudest man in the whole world,” he said. “Many said we’d never do it but the streets of Derry were a sea of red and white and we proved them wrong.
“We may be a small city compared with Liverpool, Las Vegas and Glasgow but the people of Derry have a big heart and that's what we have shown the world by achieving this. Everyone here is a winner because they believed we could do it."
People turned out in their thousands to support the four beneficiaries of the project - Foyle Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support, iCARE and Children in Crossfire.
“I am the proudest man in the whole world,” he said. “Many said we’d never do it but the streets of Derry were a sea of red and white and we proved them wrong.
“We may be a small city compared with Liverpool, Las Vegas and Glasgow but the people of Derry have a big heart and that's what we have shown the world by achieving this. Everyone here is a winner because they believed we could do it."
People turned out in their thousands to support the four beneficiaries of the project - Foyle Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support, iCARE and Children in Crossfire.
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