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12/29/2006 10:42 PM

Queens Man And Five Friends Break Subway Record

By: NY1 News

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A Queens man and his five friends broke the Guinness World Record Friday for the fastest ride through the city's subway system.

Bill Amarosa and his five friends made the ride in just 24 hours, 54 minutes and 3 seconds, beating the old record by an hour and a half.

"It was a unique experience it was definetely worth ten years of waiting for,” said Amarosa. “It is probably something I won't do again in the immediate future; but it was great to spend a day on the subway with other New Yorkers, with my friends and classmates. It was just an awesome experience."

"I was really proud because he was planning this for a long time and when he said he was actually going to do it, it was great, really great,” said Carol Amarosa, Bill’s mother. “He's wanted to do it for 12 years."

The group started out at 3:30 Thursday afternoon at the Rockaway Park station in Queens and they made it to the 241st Street station in the Bronx by 4 p.m. Friday.