I was on East 9th street at the parade, next to the porta-potties. People were literally sitting on them. First it was kids, then grown adults were starting to sit on them. A lot of them caved in, no one fell inside though.
Seriously, there were no barricades at all. They finally brought in police to tell people to move back and to clear the street. It was just insane madness.
When that whole chaos happened outside, my friends and I went into Tower City to catch a movie, to pass time. Saw Central Intelligence. Very funny.
Anyways, when we got back, we saw some people huddled up inside the theatre and then when we went out into the food court, it was just a mess. Trash, shoes, sandals and also plants knocked down. It was just a weird scene.
It was still a blast though, but very exhausting. We waited 3 hours to get on the RTA and we were walking to our car and saw a train pull up and we made a split second decision and somehow got on and still got a pretty good view.
However, I think next year, I will just watch it in the comfort at home.
