Witnessing Election History
Thousands of voters and spectators flocked to 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue to watch the election returns Tuesday night on Time Square. It was a scene similar to New Years Eve or the night the NY Giants won the Super Bowl. New Yorkers and tourists alike snapped pictures and video to mark the occasion – the night that an African American would become the 44th President of the United States
So many people turned up to watch the big screens on time square that police set up barricades on Seventh Avenue, to prevent on-lookers from walking into traffic while they took photographs.
Even in the early hours of the presidential watch, crowds would cheer as more results came in and Barack Obama’s numbers increased. As the numbers steadily rose, more people came out to watch history in the making.
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