Greater than 1 million folks packed the streets of Boston to cheer on the Celtics throughout at the moment’s victory parade, and whereas the affair was comparatively peaceable, police made at the very least two arrests and the warmth despatched greater than 30 followers to the hospital.
A metropolis spokesperson put attendance at “well over 1 million” folks on the late Friday morning rolling rally, which, whereas scheduled to happen after a warmth wave that stretched by the vast majority of the week, nonetheless featured sweltering situations that left dozens of attendees on stretchers with “heat-related illnesses.”
“Boston EMS treated and transported more than 30 patients associated with the event to area hospitals,” EMS spokesperson Erin Serino stated in a press release. “Patient complaints included minor injuries and illnesses, including heat-related illnesses.
“With more than 80 EMTs and paramedics assigned to the event, we were able to provide first-aid level care at field medical stations, avoiding additional transports to the hospitals.”
Sam Dillon, president of Boston Firefighters Native 718, stated “heat is always a concern” and the hearth union’s members “do their best to work under difficult conditions.”
Particulars had been scarce from each the Boston and Transit Police, however by late Friday afternoon, BPD spokesperson Mariellen Burns reported two parade-related arrests had been made by the division.
The primary arrest was made on Tremont Avenue at 11:15 a.m. The person was charged with disorderly conduct and vandalizing property.
A second man was arrested on Boylston Avenue about quarter-hour later, however police had been nonetheless awaiting particulars, together with what the costs could be as of three p.m., Burns stated.
By 4 p.m., Transit Police had been “still dealing with large volumes of crowds at certain MBTA stations,” spokesman Richard Sullivan stated, including that particulars on T-related security incidents and arrests wouldn’t be obtainable till Saturday.
The parade started at 11 a.m. Celtics gamers and others rode duck boats, beginning at TD Backyard on Causeway Avenue, and proceeded to move by Metropolis Corridor Plaza and the Boston Frequent, earlier than ending on Boylston Avenue by the Hynes Conference Middle.
