Wine-tasting runner and air conditioning unit costume 2024’s best viral moments
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The viral moments from 2024 demonstrated the “power of social media” from rescuing a bee to reuniting with old friends and raising money for important fundraisers. From a wine-tasting runner to a man dressed as an air conditioning unit for Halloween, here is a look at some of the PA news agency’s top picks from across the year.
– Woman reunited with Irishmen five years after taking viral photo in Times Square. Christina Boniello, from New Jersey in the US, went viral after taking a photo of three Irishmen in New York City in 2019 and reuniting with them five years later. Ms Boniello took a photo of the three men, who did not have phones, in May 2019 and offered to send them a copy of the image, but said the men replied, “we’ll find it someday”.
Almost five years later on April 6, the group were reunited in the same spot in New York where they recreated the image, earning thousands of social media interactions, and went for lunch. “It was weird seeing them in person but within a few minutes of who’s who… it was one of the most joyful days I can remember,” she told PA.
– London Marathon runner ‘honoured’ after wine challenge goes viral. Tom Gilbey, wine connoisseur, gained attention online when he challenged himself to blind taste test a different glass of wine after completing each mile of the London Marathon. Mr Gilbey stopped 25 times during the race to sample the wine guessing the grape variety and country of origin which prompted donations on his fundraiser of over £13,000 for palliative care centre Sobell House.
