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That weekend will be anything but normal. Simply put the popes september visit to philadelphia is going to make getting from point a to point b a major challenge. Mayor nutter is already painting a smile on the citys face as the chaos approaches. We are the chosen city and with that comes certain duties, responsibilities and pride. Reporter starting 10 00 oclock friday night the 25th of september a socall traffic box will be set up from i95 to the east, south street to the south, 38th street to the west and Spring Garden, ridge and west girard to the north. Vehicular traffic will be a loud win the box though it will be very tough to get around. But you will not be able to drive into the zone with your car and once you drive out of the zone, you may not bring your car back until the papal events conclude. It really is about crowd control and public save teen the ability to maintain some assemblance of, you know, security and order i ....
Yes our daily routines will be disrupted. The highway closures, the traffic limitations and the sacrifices the city says are worth it. This is an incredible moment in time plenty of rumors have been floating around today the city said set the record straight about what will happen when the pope comes to town and its pretty drastic. Im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Whether youre planning to andy at the papal visits or not the visit will most likely impact your life in some way. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell has all the details you need to know and dave kinchen spoke to people who think its way too much. Lets begin, though, with chris. Reporter well, this is the biggest event styles this city has ever seen. It will require a lot of patience. That is for sure. Bottom line, unprecedented 3mile secure zone in encompassing all of center city. Its c ....
Pretty drastic. Im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Whether youre planning to andy at the papal visits or not the visit will most likely impact your life in some way. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell has all the details you need to know and dave kinchen spoke to people who think its way too much. Lets begin, though, with chris. Reporter well, this is the biggest event styles this city has ever seen. It will require a lot of patience. That is for sure. Bottom line, unprecedented 3mile secure zone in encompassing all of center city. Its called the socalled traffic box. This is 18 times the size of vatican city. It goes into effect friday night of the papal weekend. That box is bordered by i95 38th street, south street, Spring Garden ridge and girard. Huge area. Now cars will be allowed inside thi ....
There will be hours of surveillance well have to recall. Reporter [ inaudible question ] the Fusion Center . Reporter correct. There are cameras everywhere. How could this happen . Well, i dont understand what youre alluding to. How could it happen . This was an individual described as a lone wolf. I dont know how it could have been prevented if we didnt have prior knowledge to this individual. It wasnt evident he had weapons in his room. We determined there has been employees going to and fro from his room. Nothing nefarious was noted. Thats what we know now. Reporter First Responders were integral. Youre correct. Its required to supply Police Officers to insure security. The mandalay bay did a great job of hiring Police Officers. They had sufficient staffing fo ....
Why. We are asking the public to look at the clothing worn, and the pants he is wearing and the faded nature down by his calfs and as he leaves the parking garage as he returned and his gate and how he walks, his face cloaked in a white bed sheet, they caught the arsonist in the garage, surrounded by the fire and city streets department. Seconds later he exits coming down the road and then coming back pushing a baby stroller and the white bed sheet a cape around his body. He is seen a total of six times entering the facility and dousing vehicles with flammable liquid and a tshirt and pair of shoes were discovered on site. He leaves his shirt behind and used it to ignite. For some coward to go out there and try to take the lives of our firefighters and Police Officers, we need to get that individual off the street. We need to get that individual off the street now. Reporter now, ....