CNN New Day September 24, 2015 10:55:00
Protecting the pope is one aspect. but it's protecting the large, vast quantities of people exuberantly coming to see the pope. that is a challenge because we know a large people gathered is a particularly vulnerable spot. >> ironically, the crowd situation would be much less than we would normally deal with. the biggest event is the 90,000 in the central park procession. then the concert that has about 80,000 people saturday night after the pope has left. we are used to dealing, as you know with crowds in excess, times square on new year's eve. so the crowd situation is less than we deal with...
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