Two million football fans called in sick, skipped school or just disappeared for a few hours today. They showed up to line the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan to celebrate the Giants Super Bowl victory today.
My office is just blocks from where the parade began. I stopped into work first, then made my way over there around 9:45. The streets were already packed ahead of the 11:00 am start. People amused themselves by throwing rolls of toilet tissue back and forth across the street, and spontaneously starting up chants of “Boston sucks” and “Brady sucks” and “18 and 1!”
By the time the parade started, the crowd had quadrupled in size where I was standing. When I got there, it was maybe three rows deep from the curb. At parade start, it was about 12 rows deep. Still more fans were watching from office windows, construction scaffolds and even window sills.
I had my digital camera and would love to tell you I took some great shots, but unfortunately, what I have came out either blurry or from too far away. I may be able to salvage some in iPhoto but it will take awhile.
In the meantime, you can enjoy still and video images from the parade at these websites:
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