Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade marches on despite protest and dreary weather in NYC
New York – this Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade The holiday season officially kicks off Thursday in New York City.
one Rain continued during the celebrationspro-Palestinian demonstrators briefly disrupted the march for the second year in a row.
The New York Police Department said 25 people were arrested after sitting on the parade route holding a Palestinian flag and a banner that read “Don’t celebrate genocide.” All of them were charged with trespassing and received summonses.
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Despite the gloomy weather, CBS News’ Jenna DeAngelis in New York reports that it didn’t stop the magic from happening.
One guy from Baltimore said, “You feel it and then you forget about it, so we’re just happy to be here.”
Linwood Burden, 72, traveled from Georgia to check the parade off his bucket list.
“I’m just happy to be here and there’s no problem with the weather,” she said. “I’ve wanted to come here since I was a kid, so this is an opportunity.”
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this annual holiday traditions Departing Central Park West Station at 8:30 a.m. and traveling along Sixth Avenue to the Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square.
It has more than 5,000 volunteers, 34 Fan-Favorite Floats and 22 giant balloonswhich includes some newcomers like Minnie and Marshall from PAW Patrol. one new float Celebrate the Bronx Zoo’s 125th anniversary with tigers, giraffes, zebras and gorillas.
There were also people from WNBA Champion New York Liberty And, of course, there’s the one and only Santa Claus.
“Being with my loved ones, celebrating Thanksgiving with all these people, I have to thank the NYPD for keeping us safe today,” said Nanuet resident Shane Cullen.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch Wednesday said there were no credible threats against the march, but Law enforcement agencies will be prepared to ensure people’s safety.
The city’s new police chief took time Thursday to thank the officers on duty.
“I started my career as an intelligence analyst with the New York Police Department, and there are incredible intelligence analysts here,” Tisch said.
During World War II from 1942 to 1944, military parades were canceled only three times. Giant balloon characters will not be allowed to fly if sustained winds exceed 23 mph or gusts exceed 35 mph, but wind speeds remained around 10 mph Thursday morning.
After the parade, the sanitation department used 32 manual brooms, 29 mechanical brooms, 23 backpack blowers and 23 garbage collection trucks to quickly clean up. Last year, it removed more than 65 tons of debris.
