I watched all networks cover a traffic jam on a bridge a few years back.
Like the rest of America doesn’t have traffic jams.
I heard the size of this building on Fox News: 25 ft wide and 90 feet deep.
Local News becomes national news, and a fire is raging in many places.
NYC has practically as much population as your state of Ohio has in total (8M to 11M), If three-quarters of the state of Ohio were caught in a traffic jam, it would make the news.
If you want to talk about something silly, look at how a dusting of snow is covered in DC.
There will probably be double-digit fatalities. When is that not big news? The fact that NYC has been attacked by terrorists more than anyone else also makes explosions here big news.