Every year since 9-11, I've wondered if there would be another terrorist attack when the ball drops in NYC Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Ironically, this year the country and the planet have been under an asymmetric terrorist attack for months.
New York CANCELS New Year's Eve: World famous Times Square bash is canned for first time in 114 years amid COVID-19 fears - with celebrations replaced by 'virtual event' on app
" New York's Times Square will bid farewell to 2020 without the usual huddled masses jamming the streets on New Year's Eve officials have announced, amid fears that crowds could spread coronavirus.
The New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square is among the biggest in the world, typically drawing about a million people to the streets of midtown Manhattan, with more than a billion more tuning in on television.
But this year Times Square will be cordoned off by the NYPD on December 31st, with organizers instead planning a scaled-back, virtual event and an app where revelers can view the countdown remotely.
The Times Square Alliance, which runs the event, said only a very limited group of socially distanced people will be allowed into the square for broadcast purposes.
'There will be some socially distanced activities in Times Square but it's going to be primarily for a broadcast and streaming audience,' Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance, told the New York Post. "
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-virtual.html