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View of Mr. Reyes at 3:50 PM during the attempt, when he pass the Cuban record (66 ft. 11 in.) at the 72 feet 2 inches mark

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View of Mr. Wallace Reyes & Mr. Arturo Fuentes, Jr. during the measuring of the cigar for the 72 feet 2 inches record.

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View of Mr. Wallace Reyes preparing to set together the last sections of the "Worlds Longest Cigar".

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View of the measuring by Mr. Arturo Fuentes, Jr. of the "Worlds Longest Cigar" at the 101 feet mark.

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Wallace & Margarita Reyes applying wrapper to one of the sections of the "World Longest Cigar" at the 77 feet mark.

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Mr. Reyes and his team working in the last section of the cigar prior to get the World Record of 101 feet long.

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Mr. Reyes and his team ready to move the worlds longest cigar while applying wrapper. Team work was very important.

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Mayor of Tampa Pam Aorio and Mr. Wallace Reyes, during a brief visit to the attempt of the world record by the mayor.

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Mr. Reyes team assisting in the coupling of the first section of the cigar, at the 18 feet mark, while others hang the banners.

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Mr. Wallace Reyes line up the sections carefully to start the assembling of the "Worlds Longest Cigar" at 9:15 am.

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Mr. Wallace & Margarita Reyes, masters cigar makers getting ready for the attempt of the "Worlds Longest Cigar".

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Photographers getting ready to capture "history under making", with the "Worlds Longest Cigar". International media was present to cover the event.

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Hand of a master cigar maker at work, Mr. Wallace Reyes working in the cigar during the record attempt.

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Mr. & Ms. Reyes looking from the 72 feet mark to their goal 100 feet, with a red flag, at 4:00 PM Sat. Nov. 18, 2006.

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View of the worlds longest cigar at the 101 feet marker (official lenght) at 5:36 PM, Saturday Nov. 18, 2006.

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View of Mr. Wallace Reyes and his team working carefully in the "World Longest Cigar".

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View of sections (7.5 feet in length) of the cigar while under construction in the galley of Gonzalez Habano Cigar Co. in Tampa, Florida.

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View of the special Ecuadorian wrapper leafs used in the manufacturing of the "Worlds Longest Cigar".

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The hands of a master (Wallace Reyes) finishing one of the sections of the "World Longest Cigar".

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Mrs. Margarita Reyes asisting Mr. Wallace Reyes, her husband in the manufacturing process of a world record cigar.

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Mr. Wallace Reyes, master cigar maker with 29 years of experience, finishing the first section of the "World Longest Cigar", on Nov. 1 st. 2006.

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Mr. Wallace Reyes, master cigar maker while making sections of the "World Record Cigar" in his shop in Tampa.

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Mr. Wallace & Mrs. Margarita Reyes and their cigar crew after obtainig the record Guinness for the "Worlds Longest Cigar" - 101 feet.

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View of a master cigar maker, Mr. Wallace Reyes guiding carefully his at the 30 feet mark crew during the attempt of the "World Longest Cigar".

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Mr. Wallace Reyes observe carefully his team while moving sections of the "worlds Longest Cigar".