Thousands March in New York City to Fight Climate Change
Published at | Updated at(NEW YORK) — More than 300,000 people turned out Saturday for the People’s Climate March in New York City, making it the largest recorded demonstration calling for a response to climate change. The marchers just hope someone was paying attention.
“It was a really inspiring experience,” Gideon Wolf, 21, of Washington D.C. said. “I hope politicians see what we did here.”
Wolf and the other thousands of marchers gathered early Sunday morning along New York’s Central Park West. Organizers instructed marchers to line up to 86th Street, but the larger-than-expected attendance had some would-be marchers waiting on the side streets.
“It was packed with so many people,” said Laura Maranto, 22, of New York, New York. “Even when the front of the march had reached the end, there were still people waiting, they hadn’t even begun to march.”
The march began with a silent protest as thousands of marchers walked through Times Square with their fists in the air without making a sound.
Activists were organized into community groups and carried signs and chanted.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio were also among the marchers.
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