Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Security is tight in Times Square

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 31, 2001 at 9:06 PM

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of revelers were gathered in Times Square on Monday awaiting the traditional ball drop and the arrival of the new year. Security is tight in midtown Manhattan as 7,000 police officers patrol Times Square and confiscate all alcoholic beverages.

© 2001 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade The making of the Oscars
The Chicago Auto Show The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Tu Bishvat Migron settlement
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
Expect the Hoverboard to be in stores around October 21, 2015
If you say "I do not favor women wearing provocative clothes and always feel they need to be dignified...
Planning a stunt marriage proposal today? Well, the wife of Slashdot's founder, who received one...
You're a K-9 cop out on a call and have to send your dog to take down a robber who is in the country...
Why will Whitney Houston's toxicology reports take weeks? Coroner's office: Because this ain't CSI...
Eight surefire ways to get dumped on Valentine's Day