NYC security
The city of New York has been preparing for all sorts of security for New Year's Eve. I'd have been reading the news articles anyway, but now I'm reading them to see what I'm going to face when I join nearly a million people at Times Square. So far, it looks like bags will be searched, people will go through metal detectors and the federal government will provide extra helicopters. What the helicopters will be able to do while fireworks are shooting up at them remains to be seen.The air security was definitely visible today when I rode the Staten Island Ferry. This CNN article shows a picture of a Coast Guard officer in a helicopter over the Statue of Liberty. That was likely one of three helicopters I saw circling the statue today (yes, three helicopters for one statue), so I'm curious to see what Times Square will be like.
Am I scared or worried? No. Are the terrorism warnings keeping me from going about my normal life? No. I don't think that's any way to live, and I'm certainly not going to let some freaks terrorize me emotionally. I try to keep an eye out to protect myself, but I'm not going to fear an unknown that would be beyond my control -- if it even happened. Life is not intended to be lived that way.
Posted by Layla at 2:27 AM, December 31, 2003
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