In the final minutes before midnight, thousands
surged out of the bars, brownstones, and tenements of lower Manhattan toward two traditional spots where New Yorkers had been celebrating this occasion for generations.
He squats down in front
of the
bar, rolls it back and forth in his grip, then with a sudden
surge peels the
bar from the floor, I can hear the plates rattling and he bangs
out 15 reps. I don't know how much weight he had on the
bar, but it had to be in excess
of 600 lbs.