It's not so easy to fly that blimp during Pistons games.(Detroit Pistons)

From: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) | Date: May 26, 2005| Author: Cotsonika, Nicholas J. | Copyright information

Byline: Nicholas J. Cotsonika

DETROIT _ Not good. There were more than 20,000 people at the Palace, there was a radio-controlled blimp floating over the stands, and who was flying it?

Me.

My palms were sweating. I was trying to make a left turn while dropping stickers to the crowd. Then the lights went out for the halftime show.

"Watch out for the wires."

"Wires?" I said. "What ..."

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