The balloon popped while it was being inflated.
View full sizeSesame Street characters greet children during the 92nd annual Thanksgiving day parade in Philadelphia.The balloon of comics feline Garfield popped while being inflated before Philadelphia's Thanksgiving parade.
WPVI-TV reports the likeness of the lasagna-loving cat burst early this morning in a parade preparation area.
Organizers weren't sure if it popped from over-inflation, a problem with the strings, or some other issue.
Philadelphia bills its Thanksgiving parade as the nation's oldest. It was first held in 1920.