Times Square as it was, almost
A New York firefighter clearing a crowd in Times Square last week as he investigated a loud boom:
It’s not Disneyland, people. Get the hell out of the way.
The New York Times’s David Carr brilliantly describes the psychology of congregating in The Crossroads days after a terrorist tried to bomb it.
The increased police presence, which included one officer leaning on a squad car parked dead center on the broad median between 42nd and 43rd Streets, should have been a source of comfort but seemed more a reminder that this playground can become a cauldron in a heartbeat. I thought about what this remarkable evening tableau would look like if another terrible shoe dropped here, and then shook it off as prurient and unproductive.
My thoughts also. As I joined the throngs last week on my way to a reception at 3 Times Square, the place seemed unfazed in its normal madness. It was like nothing, almost, had changed.
Tags: New York City, terrorism
