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Wedding Party Hogs NYC Bus Lane, Blocks Ambulance In Viral Video
New Yorkers say "I don't" to a viral video showing a wedding party blocking Midtown traffic — including an ambulance — for a photo shoot.
NEW YORK CITY — Tying the knot doesn't mean snarling New York City traffic, newlyweds.
A viral video showing a wedding party blocking Midtown traffic for a photo prompted anything but a blissful reaction.
"I hate them so much," one Twitter user wrote.
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"We spent all this time legalizing gay marriage when we should’ve been banning straight marriage," another wrote.
Oh .... my ..... god ..... pic.twitter.com/ewqgvkBuB1
— Kalhan (@KalhanR) August 10, 2020
The eight-second video shows a wedding party spread out across a busy Midtown street, at Fifth Avenue by Bryant Park, about 18-people wide. A firetruck and ambulance, which flashes its lights toward the video's end, can be seen in the traffic trailing the group.
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The video appears to have been originally posted on TikTok with the "NYC WEDDINGS BE LIKE" showing an emoji with hearts in its eyes.
But NBC reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt had a different reaction when she shared it on Twitter: "Oh .... my ..... god ....."
Rosenblatt's apparent disbelief was shared by MTA's Twitter account.
"ARE YOU A BUS?" it tweeted, pointing out some groomsmen and bridemaids crashed the bus lane.
ARE YOU A BUS? (Congratulations and we wish you all the best, but please stay out of the bus lane) https://t.co/iAHZl2b1KV
— MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) August 11, 2020
Others online pointed out the group apparently blocked an ambulance.
"i like how a couple of them look back at the ambulance and are just like 'wow, rude much?'" one commented.
Another commenter's wish to have the wedding party's saunter to an "Imperial March" soundtrack went fulfilled.
pic.twitter.com/HnsWbVBQxK
— Love ♡ (@CrybabyWaltz) August 10, 2020
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