I'm convinced that I've never gone to seen the inflation of balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, but I have been in the parade. How many people can say that? Not a clown or even a balloon handler, but a "floater". This was in 1998 after that woman was injured in 1997, so I didn't have the proper training. I did get to drive a John Deere down Broadway with no traffic and to the cheers of the people waiting to watch the parade. That was kind of strange and unique. Oh, and I made the cover of USA Today.

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Posted by tien mao in NYC, Photos at 8:37 AM