July 23, 2015, was a pretty typical summer day in south Louisiana. Sunny and hot, with a high temperature in the mid-90s, summer camps were in full swing and there was a Lafayette Canecutters game at Fabacher Field.
Streaming services were growing in popularity, but in Lafayette, folks were still going to movie theaters, where the air-conditioning was always on full blast. “Minions,” “Ant Man,” and “Jurassic World” were playing. “Trainwreck,” a romantic comedy directed by Judd Apatow and starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, had several showings at the Grand 16 on Johnston Street, including one at 7:10 p.m.
Lafayette had recently been recognized as the No. 1 mid-sized city in the United States. Another site dubbed Lafayette the “Happiest city in America.”…