Reading up about the 1993 Macy's balloon disaster and while it sounds dramatic, Sonic touched a lamppost right before he died so it's fine guys
"When the balloon hit the lamppost, the glass fell onto the crowd, hitting a retired police officer...we didn't want the press saying Sonic had taken down a police officer" -- Brenda Lynch, a PR manager for Sonic, who apparently didn't quite understand the nature of the character
