The coronavirus stopped the celebrations of July 4 of this year in New York, but some things remained the same. Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo He repeated as male and female champions in the famous Nathan’s Famous 4th 4th Hot Dog Food Contest on Saturday.
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Chestnut knocked down 75 sausages and rolls in 10 minutes and Sudo dropped 48 1/2 in a competition that took place in an undisclosed location with no in-person spectators. Both hot dog totals were world records.
“I’m always pushing for a record,” Chestnut said before the contest aired on an ESPN hungry for live sports. “I know that is what the fans want.”
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Officials like Mayor Bill de Blasio, Senator Charles Schumer and former Mayor Mike Bloomberg gathered in Lower Manhattan early Saturday for the reopening of the 9/11 memorial plaza, which had been cordoned off since mid-March when institutions cultural closed the city. to stop the spread of the virus.
“Independence Day is a fitting occasion to reopen the September 11 Memorial,” Bloomberg, president of the September 11 Memorial and National Museum, said in a prepared statement. “By celebrating the Revolutionary Declaration issued 244 years ago, and the promise of equality for all that we are still working to accomplish, we also honor all who have paid the cost and borne the burden of maintaining American freedom.”
The relatives of the people who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001 were received in the plaza on Saturday afternoon. The memorial will be open to the public from 1 to 8 pm starting on Sunday, with masks and required social distance. The museum remains closed.
New Yorkers were urged to avoid large festive gatherings to avoid an increase in coronavirus cases as other states are seeing it. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there were more than 720 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported Friday across the state, and 11 deaths were attributed to the virus.
The July 4th festivities in New York City will be topped off with a television fireworks display over the Empire State Building. Fireworks sponsor Macy’s said the show, which will air on NBC, would feature “a spectacular display choreographed with an epic musical score.”
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