May 26, 2012
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[New York Daily News] Tallest man in the world visits New York City
23 September 2009 / ,
Here's a guy you can't help but look up to. The newly-crowned tallest man in the world took a short stroll through the Big Apple on Sunday, making even jaded New Yorkers stop in their tracks.
Towering Turk Sultan Kösen, who stands 8-feet-1, sauntered across Fifth Ave., surrounded by a throng of curious onlookers. The 26-year-old gentle giant seemed to take his newfound fame in very big stride. "I used to kind of hide away, but now I accept my height and accept that people are really interested," Kösen said through a translator. "I'm really proud, not only for me but also for Turkey, that I'm able to take this title. "Kösen, who is from Mardin in southeast Turkey, was officially named the tallest man in the world in the 2010 "Guinness Book of World Records," taking the title from China's Bao Xishun, who is 7-feet-9.
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