NYC ticker-tape parade honors essential workers during COVID pandemic

New York City held a ticker-tape parade Wednesday to say thank you to the essential workers who helped the city through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hometown Heroes Parade kicked off at 11 a.m. along a stretch of downtown Manhattan known as the Canyon of Heroes, which has hosted parades for over a century. 

A total of 2,500 people were expected to take part, including 13 marching bands, CBS New York reported.  Sandra Lindsay, a Queens nurse who made history as the first person in the U.S. to get a COVID vaccine, was leading the parade as grand marshal.