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New Yorkers meet in Times Square to say ‘Good Riddance’ to COVID-19, Zoom calls
NEW YORK – About a dozen people lined up on Monday to shred things they want to forget about 2020, including but not limited to the deadly global pandemic that swept the world, at the annual “Good Riddance Day” event in New York City’s Times Square.
Among the submissions were COVID-19 and some of the grimmer aspects of new social distancing norms and work-from-home customs compelled by the spread of the coronavirus, not least Zoom video conferencing calls.
“I think of all the New Year’s Eves I’ve ever experienced, this New Year’s Eve is special,” said Jonathan Bennett, who hosted this year’s scaled-down event. “The whole world really needs this new year to come in.”
Joey Faix, a 16-year-old high-school student who stopped to watch the event, said it was a tough year.
“I think it was mentally straining for everybody,” he said. “But I think everybody is optimistic for the new year.”
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