Millions of people watched the famous Thanksgiving parade in New York under the watchful eye of powerful security forces, almost a month after the Manhattan attack that killed eight people.
Since 1924, the Thanksgiving parade has marked the beginning of the festive season in the United States. Despite the bitter cold, more than 3,5 million people took to the streets of the American capital, as reported by many American media, to applaud and applaud the more than 8.000 participants who came from all over the country: dancers, clowns, bands. but also the elaborate chariots and the huge balloons. Strong police forces deployed along the 4 km route.
Among them were police officers equipped with portable radiation detectors, special forces snipers shot on rooftops and dogs specially trained to detect explosives among the crowd.
In order to prevent an attack with a vehicle, municipal trucks, which were filled with sandbags, closed the neighboring roads. Authorities are on high alert after a truck crashed into a Manhattan lane in Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring others on October 8 on Halloween.
The attack was carried out on behalf of the Islamic State organization by a 29-year-old Uzbek. Last year, the jihadist group warned that the Thanksgiving parade would be an "excellent target".
However, as New Yorkers defied the cold, the southwestern states of America were exposed to unusually high temperatures. Mercury rose 32 degrees Celsius in Los Angeles on Thursday from 33 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, according to meteorologists, who advised citizens not to "forget to consume liquids."