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Minn. town gathers to help child with cancer break high-five record

Hundreds turned out at Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, Minn., to smack hands with Evan Thornton, a 9-year-old suffering from bone cancer, in an attempt to break the world record for most high-fives in a minute. The goal was to get 212 -- they got 221. As of now, the record is unofficially broken. The results still need to be sent to Guinness.
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