
George Bell, 7-foot-8 Norfolk sheriff’s deputy, has been recognized Thursday by Guinness World Records as the Tallest Man in the United States. “That makes him 2 inches taller than the NBA’s current tallest player, Yao Ming, but too short to be the world’s tallest living man.
“He stands below, according to Guinness, Ukraine’s 8-foot-5.5 Leonid Stadnyk and China’s Bao Xi Shun, who is 7 feet 8.95 inches.” More here…