'They mean everything'
Miracle Pierre said arrived for the parade at 1:30 a.m. Credit: Newsday/Joshua Solomon
A police officer at Nassau and John streets in lower Manhattan said he and most of his colleagues had been at a checkpoint for the parade since 6 p.m. He said they are working until told otherwise.
The officer said people started arriving at 2 a.m.
One of the first was Miracle Pierre, 39. He said he in fact arrived at 1:30 a.m.
“I waited my whole life, so what’s seven or eight hours,” Pierre said.
Pierre, born and raised in Brooklyn and living in New Jersey, said he attended Game 5 in San Antonio. He’s hoping to have a chance to see the team up close.
“They mean everything,” Pierre said. “My childhood. Memories with my dad. Memories with my son.”
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