Who would want to watch babies race in Wichita? 34 million people and counting.

In what may be a first for the internet — and probably for the entire history of social media — Wichita Eagle visuals editor Jaime Green posted a video that doesn’t seem to have even one negative comment.

The reason this is particularly stunning is that her adorable video of a bunch of babies racing — or sitting, as the case was with some — across the Wichita State Shockers’ basketball court last week now has been seen more than 34 million times, and counting, on YouTube alone.

That doesn’t include how many times it’s been viewed on The Eagle’s site and on numerous people’s social media accounts.

Within 24 hours of posting it to TikTok Wednesday, it got a quick almost 8 million views.

“It’s just pure joy,” Green said. “You can’t not smile while watching this video from start to finish.”

Green was at the Shockers’ Jan. 7 game and planned to shoot photos of the annual baby race, where babies who are 6- to 12-months old crawl, walk and stumble from one enthusiastic group of parents and families to another.

“Honestly, I think the parents are the most photogenic part of what’s happening,” Green said.

Except in the case of 8-month-old Moses Hurst, who was a last-minute entrant, and his father, Amos Hurst, wasn’t able to be there. He already had plans to be manning his Burnt End by Chef & Smoker food truck.

So cheering on Moses were his mother, Ariel Storrie, and brother, Wylie, 3 1/2, on one end and Storrie’s boss, Dynamo Capital co-founder Matthew Medrano, on the other.

Green happened to be standing closest to Moses and Medrano at the start of the race, and that’s when she impulsively decided to shoot video instead of photos.

She got down on the ground to be at eye level with the babies.

No. 16 Moses got off to a strong start but then plopped down for a seat.

Green worried she needed to switch her focus to another baby still racing. While contemplating what to do, she said she realized, “Oh, wait, he’s going again.”

Medrano dropped down, too, and began encouraging Moses with a fervor usually reserved for big-time collegiate and NBA coaches. He insistently kept pointing to Storrie and Wylie, but then Moses caught sight of Green and began excitedly crawling to her.

It’s at this point you can her Green cackling — something of her signature — which she couldn’t help but do.

To Medrano’s steady chant of “Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!” Moses scurried toward his mother and brother. The crowd seemed to realize he was in position to win and began cheering him on.

And then came another plunk to the ground, followed by an audible groan from the stands.

Not minding in the least, Moses paused, nonchalantly eyed his competitors for a bit and then happily noticed a red ball to chase.

When another person waiting for a different baby grabbed the ball away, that got Moses refocused.

At one brief-but-dramatic moment, he seemed to almost try to stand. Then, gaining momentum, there was no stopping him as he went toward — and then right past — the waving arms of his mother.

Quite a feat for a baby who has been crawling for only a month and a half.

Storrie said she knew she had a winner before she even left home.

“He has just a champion attitude,” she said. “He is a go-getter baby. He goes after everything he sees.”

With Moses’ robust 26 pounds, his father already has linebacker dreams for his son.

Storrie had a hard time believing the attention the video is getting.

“What?” she said. “We had no idea it was going viral. That is way cool.”

The only comments even slightly less than positive she’s seen were on her and her family’s Facebook posts about the race.

“I saw some people saying, ‘That poor baby’s knees!’ but I can assure you, his knees are fine.”

Green has all kinds of videos that get attention. She has a series called ICT in 70 that features quirky Wichitans and their stories in 70-second videos, including the famous Dad Bod contest that drew a lot of viewers and, once again, Green’s distinctive cackle.

But she’s never had anything blow up like the video of the baby race.

On Wednesday evening, she noted there were more than 4,000 comments, more than 615,000 likes and not a single dislike, which she believes may be some kind of record, although she noted, “Now I’ve jinxed it.”

Green also observed the variety of languages in the comments, including English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and Cyrillic.

“Several people talked about how they’ve watched and rewatched it multiple times because it’s so fun,” she said. “Many people talked about how much they loved his chunky thighs.”

Green was especially touched by how touched others were seeing Moses’ never-give-up attitude.

“I WILL NEVER GIVE UP IN MY LIFE!” said one.

All the attention, not to mention her own fun laughing at all the cute kids and their families, means Green is going to pay close attention to when the next race is.

“I actually already have put it on my calendar for next January.”

Editor’s note: This story was updated Thursday to reflect TikTok views and an additional 9 million, and counting, YouTube views.

This story was originally published January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM.