The Barney incident was just one of several at the 1997 parade. The New York Times reported the following day that winds reached 43 miles per hour on Nov. 27, 1997, causing handlers to struggle to ...

As Barney slowly imploded, volunteers and police officers teamed together to wrestle his flailing fuchsia frame to the ground. Forty-three-mile-per-hour winds whipped the balloon to and fro. Not ...

Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in the public consciousness, inspiring fond memories as well as ironic nostalgia. But as ...

Barney wasn't the only balloon to fall, according to the Times, which reported, "Barney suffered extensive damage and had to be removed at 51st Street. The Pink Panther succumbed at 42d Street.

It wasn’t a Barney level of puncture, but the One Piece balloon at today’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade suffered a flesh wound when its hat caught on a tree.. Onlookers gasped when the ...

Lucky for Barney, "Stand Your Ground" laws weren't a thing yet in 1997. The Barney balloon was one of many inflated avatars that collapsed during the windy Thanksgiving Day tradition in New York City.

It wasn’t a Barney level of puncture, but the One Piece balloon at today’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade suffered a flesh wound when its hat caught on a tree. Onlookers gasped when the ...

Here are some of the most memorable balloon disasters from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, from being swept away by the wind to getting punctured by trees and other N.Y.C. obstacles.

This week, TikTok account @onlyninetieskidsknow posted a vintage clip of the Barney balloon in the 1997 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade careening out of control over Manhattan’s Sixth Avenue ...

It wasn’t a Barney level of puncture, but the One Piece balloon at today’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade suffered a flesh wound when its hat caught on a tree. Onlookers gasped when the manga ...

Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in the public consciousness, inspiring fond memories as well as ironic nostalgia. But as ...

“The beginning of millennial trauma that continues to this day,” one TikTok commenter wrote NBCU Photo Bank/Getty The Barney balloon in the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Between a new animated ...