Everyday Heroes Honored in NYC Parade for Front-Line COVID-19 Workers
People cheer as hundreds of police, fire, hospital and other first responder workers and essential workers participate in a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes to honor the workers who helped navigate New York through COVID-19 in New York City on July 7, 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK—The city’s anonymous pandemic heroes, after toiling in the COVID-19 darkness for 16 months, marched Wednesday along a sun-splashed Broadway as fellow New Yorkers cheered their ceaseless courage and commitment.
