The wildest things heard on Philadelphia's police scanner during the Eagles parade
Great article by my favorite journalist; Holly Otterbein:
http://www.philly.com/philly/super-bowl-lii/eagles-parade-police-scanner-philadelphia-20180208.html?mobi=true
The Eagles Super Bowl parade brought hundreds of thousands of fans to Broad Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Thursday — and prompted some pretty weird calls on the police scanner.
8:41 a.m.: “You said Broad and Ritner, on top of the church, there’s 15 people?”
9:18 a.m.: “We’re not sure what it is — like a white bubble — but we’ve got people climbing on top of it.”
9:59 a.m.: “Can we get crowd control at a vacant lot at 2300 Pennsylvania? … They’re using it as a bathroom and throwing bottles.”
10:45 a.m.: “Get the people off the TruMark bank.”
10:49 a.m.: “They’re on top of the rec center again.”
10:52 a.m.: “I need people at Broad and Arch. You have people inside the trash truck.”
10:56 a.m.: “They’re climbing up on the roof — and it appears to be collapsing.”
11:10 a.m.: “Get those players back on the bus. … Make them understand if they do this in Center City, we’re going to lose everything.”
11:10 a.m.: “Do I have anyone at the MSB building? There’s several people trying to force themselves into the building.”
11:44 a.m.: “There’s a report of a large fight on the highway.”
11:46 a.m.: “Can we get someone to respond to the people jumping on top of the Jumbotrons?”
12:44 p.m.: “One of the bus stops here at JKF collapsed here with people on it.”
12:48 p.m.: “16th and JFK, they’re taking over the trash truck there.”
12:54 p.m.: “We have a male unconscious on the highway.”
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My house was at 12th and Lombard (Center City) two blocks East of Broad. My Art School is on Broad St. and I worked at The Bellevue on Broad St. in the early 80s. I wish I were there more than you know. I still have green and white balloons on my car in San Diego. 
