In a few years (maybe even less time than that), I have a feeling everybody on the eastern seaboard will have been in NYC that day -- you know, kinda like Woodstock.
Maybe the kid was really there, who knows. If so, good thing for the addictive quality of caffeine.
(What if she had been diverted by the need for a pack of smokes - can you see the headline? PHILIP MORRIS SAVES FIRST DAUGHTER! LOL!)