A young child watches the world at the Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown, NYC. I too watched the world that day and decided I will never go to the Lunar Year celebration again in the city. I think it was the closest I ever came to being squished to death by a crowd than ever in my lifetime -- and that even includes two New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square!
A big part of the crowding issue was apparent miscommunication between NYPD officers. At one end of the block I was on, the officers were directing people onto the block. At the other end, the police weren't letting anyone out. As a result, super squish of humanity! I honestly thought I might have broken a rib by the time I got free of the crowd. The Humanity Squish has replaced my nightmare of cars all merging at the Holland Tunnel en masse.
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