NYC-WTC_000230764

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NEW YORK POST, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31, 2001

the tape

Fyankeesgame Fans ‘out’ in 1st inning due to security aasssT-z. : By ED ROBINSON ond MARIA MAlAVE in until the second inning. Anne Will. 34. a computer Mors than l.OCO police offi- cers were assigned to the Sta- caps to security guards who ap- pareutly feJt the tiny wooden

sssaaasssii-^ Yogi Berta Enceptionally tight securitv Itept tJousWs of Yankee f^ from seeing the first Ditch of last night's World Series game. from Levittown. U, smd. “It was hell - I was out

But. like many fans. Will said dinm - 100 more than were as- signed to Yankee and Shea stadiums during last year's Sub­ way Series. staffs were dangerous. “They gave us another flag once we got inside." said Dine, Strangesit seanfty itwuiune: 27. a schoolteacher in Norwood. Some fans' miniature US. flags ; Police reponed no problems willing to put up with During the regular season, po N.J. were seized. at the Stadium — but many fans annoying delay. lice assign 65 officers to Yankee Some fans who headed to the were angered by the delays. “It was frustrating, but it was games. As usuai. Stadium secu- station on the elevated No. 4 Best slBK“U.S. Feats »tibwly.‘ , They shouted. "Relundr and. worth it.” she said. “I’m glad rity workers look bottles, cans train found themselves walking Play Ball” '1 z J "Let us inT as they stood in ‘hey were here to make us feel and coolers ftoin fans headed to farther than they had planned. lines that lasted an hour or protected.” the game. As President Bush arrived. more at metal-detectors set up “There should have been But this time, security was so riders were ordered off the train soa of city Fire Commissioner outside the Stadium. mote meial-detectots." said tight, guaida even seized fans’ at 149th Street, one stop sooth Thomas Van Essen. “I think people were getting a John Backis. 34. of Athens, N.Y. American flags. of the Stadium. freebie: Pins depleting U.S. flag little hot,” said Mitchell Barry, “I missed the first inning. But Octavio Matos and his girl- Similar measures were 36. of Syosset. LI., who waited if that saved one life, it was friend. Diana Dine, lost the little planned for the subway after and World Series logo 90 minutes in line and didn’t get Worth it." flags attached to their Yaiikee Bush left the game.

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