NYC honors essential workers at parade up Canyon of Heroes
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The people who helped get New York City through the pandemic are being honored at a parade
NEW YORK -- Essential workers who helped New York City through the COVID-19 pandemic are being honored Wednesday with a parade up Broadway, a celebration of flying paper and floats that’s been used to fete returning soldiers, astronauts and championship sports teams in the past. The parade kicked off at Battery Park at 11 a.m., led up Broadway in lower Manhattan by grand marshal Sandra Lindsay, a health care worker who was the first person in the country to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot. Workers being honored include nurses and doctors, first responders, bus drivers and train operators, education and child care providers, and utility workers. “We’ve got a lot to appreciate, because we’re well underway in our recovery. We’ve got a lot to celebrate and we’ve got a lot of people to celebrate,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio, who rode during the parade on a float with hospital employees and Mr. Met, the mascot of the New York Mets.More Related News