November 26, 2005
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Macy’s Parade 2005
Macy’s Parade 1997
Carlton Roberts, 1997
The balloon accident in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was similar to this 1997 incident, in which the Cat in the Hat balloon hit a lamppost at 72nd Street and Central Park West, hitting four people.
Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Rescue workers gather around an injured woman in Times Square after a streetlamp hit her. The lamp was knocked down by a passing parade balloon.
Julie Jacobson/Associated Press
A gust of wind sent a giant balloon crashing into a lamppost along the crowded parade route, knocking the lamp onto spectators below.
Librado Romero/The New York Times
One of two injured sisters is taken to an ambulance in Times Square after being hit by a streetlamp
Librado Romero/The New York Times
A streetlight sits on the ground after it hit two spectators at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was knocked down by a passing parade balloon
Jeff Christensen/Associated Press
The M&M’s candy balloon fell onto the street after it hit a lamppost during the parade. A lamp fell from the post and injured two people.
Ting-Li Wang/The New York Times
Handlers worked to keep the Uncle Sam balloon upright in the wind as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which started in 1924, passed through New York’s Columbus Circle.
