A look back at five of the most serious Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade disasters, from early balloon fires to the infamous 1997 Cat in the Hat accident that left a spectator critically injured.

Perhaps the most disastrous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade occurred in 1997, when an accident involving a Cat in the Hat balloon resulted in multiple injuries, a $395 million lawsuit, and a mayoral ...

This Thanksgiving, we pay tribute to our fallen balloons, floats, and performers over the years. Oof, that sounded grim. To be clear, no Macy’s parade performers have “fallen” in the death sense of ...

According to the Library of Congress, Macy's first held a Christmas Parade on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1924, staring an annual traditional enjoyed the world over. The parade was first televised ...

“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (8:30 a.m. Thursday, WPXI) has always been an inherent promotional opportunity for its namesake department store, an effort to jump-start the holiday shopping season.