Trucks Block Possible Terrorism in D.C., New York City
DSNY Mack Granite dump trucks, loaded with sand, were positioned at Trump Tower following now-President Donald Trump’s election in November. Security was expensive. TV screen shots by Tom Berg
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DSNY Mack Granite dump trucks, loaded with sand, were positioned at Trump Tower following now-President Donald Trump’s election in November. Security was expensive. TV screen shots by Tom Berg
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The inauguration is over and Donald Trump is now our president. But before we see how his administration plays out, let’s acknowledge that trucks played a role in keeping him and everyone else there safe during the inauguration ceremonies, as they did from the time of his election on Nov. 8. TV news shows certainly did, and reporters repeatedly noted the presence of trucks as part of security measures surrounding the events.
Authorities placed heavy vehicles in blocking positions at many intersections in The District (as Washingtonians call their city), sealing off streets leading to the front of the Capitol building. In New York City, police got Sanitation Department trucks parked in front of Trump Tower in New York City (not to mention those and others blocking vehicular access to Times Square on New Year’s Eve).
In Washington, military and civilian trucks helped close a large swath of the city, according to news reports I’ve seen. In NYC, they were DSNY Mack Granites with dump bodies filled with sand to add mass. Reporters began referring to them as “sand trucks.” Later, DSNY added more massive-looking trash collection trucks — Mack LEs toting Heil packer bodies, as most NYC garbage trucks are. But I doubt they carried sand.
Trucks as barriers to terrorism – specifically, against other trucks used as “weapons of mass destruction” – seem a great idea to me. A terrorist (a.k.a. ISIS “soldier”) is not going to drive a medium-duty delivery truck into a crowd, as the guy did in Nice, France, last summer, if there are big, heavy trucks in his way. And he won’t get past hulking rigs even with a tractor-trailer, …Read the rest of this story
