Famous Ankles

Saturday’s wanderings got off to an interesting start.  I was walking to the subway and heard an oh-so-familiar sound:  police sirens.  They’re constant in NYC, but they do let me know when not to cross the street.  I held my position and, whatya know:  they stopped at the Wachovia Bank right in front of me.  Five of them within a period of about 30 seconds.  The picture below just shows two, but the others showed up at the left side of the bank.

The police piled out and quickly ran up to the bank.  They were met by someone looking like a bank manager or something.  No guns drawn, but there was a bit of tension in the air.  Some of the cops ran up to windows and started peering in.

Once again, no sense of urgency; more like a sense of “we got an alarm, we gotta check it out.”

I saw the “manager” or whatever talking with the one cop.  My immediate thought was “false alarm”.  I checked the news on Sunday to see if there was anything.  There wasn’t.  Nonetheless, it was interesting to watch it as I walked along.

I did find out that the bank opens at 10am on Saturday, while the police arrival was about 9:50am.  Maybe while setting up the teller drawers, someone accidentally tripped the silent alarm.

-H

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