Float Down invasion goes viral

About 1,500 Americans invaded Canada illegally Sunday.

But you already know that.

The story of Port Huron's Float Down has been picked up throughout the world, first reported here at the Times Herald, and now spreading to the likes of Drudge Report, Time magazine, and La Voz de Galicia, a daily newspaper in Spain.

The Times Herald's Nicole Hayden reported the event that one Canadian officials called a "nightmare."

Nearly 1,500 Float Down participants land in Canada

Hayden has been reporting and telling the stories of the Blue Water Area for the past three years. This morning her insight spread to a broader audience as she was interviewed by England's BBC, and Canada's Ottawa Today. .

Port Huron has gone viral.

Check back to listen to Hayden's interviews.

1,500 Americans 'wash up' on Canada's shore, Outside Source - BBC World Service