TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) — Almost 1,000,000 folks braved the pouring rain on the Crossroads of the World to say goodbye to 2024 and usher in a brand new yr
Eyewitness Information caught up with revelers who stood within the downpours to ring within the new yr in Occasions Sq. with a poncho as their solely protection.
Anthony Carlo is dwell in Occasions Sq. as revelers courageous the pouring rain to ring within the new yr.
For each raindrop and rain-soaked efficiency, there was simply as a lot optimism for 2025.
“I am simply right here celebrating love, life, and happiness,” one customer stated.
They stated they only wished to soak up a few of the sights and sounds.
“I’ve all the time wished to do that it has been on my bucket listing since I used to be a child,” stated Shauntay who made the journey all the best way from California.
“The texture is unimaginable,” stated a girl who was there along with her household. “We have been evaluating it to London, the place we go typically. And New York has it approach higher than London does!”
The NYPD patrolled the realm with bomb-sniffing canines. And sanitation vehicles have been positioned to stop a vehicle-ramming assault, which is only a microcosm of the frilly security plan.
“We wish everybody to have a contented and secure 2025, no higher place to deliver it,” Mayor Eric Adams stated.
Streets surrounding Occasions Sq. started closing at 4 am on Tuesday.
The complete space of 57th Avenue to forty second Avenue between Sixth and Eighth Avenues was totally restricted by 11 a.m.
Police and organizers began letting spectators into the ball drop viewing space at 3 p.m.
WATCH: Stay view of Occasions Sq.
From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities all over the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular gentle exhibits, embraces and ice plunges.
Auckland turned the primary main metropolis to have fun. Nations within the South Pacific Ocean are the primary to ring within the New Yr, with midnight in New Zealand placing 18 hours earlier than the ball drop in Occasions Sq. in New York.
(The Related Press contributed to this report.)
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