I have watched parades for many years
I have watched the Dairy Days Parade in Platteville since 1997
Yesterday was the first time I watched it from the library
On the second floor there are reading rooms that stick out
They are big enough for one person to sit about 20 feet above main street
The parade started about 9:30
At about 9:48 a historic reinactment group walked past
One man fell down
They did chest compressions on him to keep him alive
But he died later that day
I had a friend lose his mom at around 3:30 early that same day
I wonder how the day I made the decision to see it from above
That I would be right where a man had died
But all the other years I had watched it farther down main street
I didn't find out about his death till around 3 pm that day
When I visited the historic reinactment at Mound View Park