PHOTO ESSAY BY MICK MEENAN & DONNA ACETO | In the 24 hours after at least 129 people were killed in Paris in coordinated terrorist attacks for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, crowds turned up at various Manhattan locales to show their respect, love, and solidarity for the people of the City of Lights.
Throughout the evening of November 14, one day after the tragic news came from Paris, mourners gathered outside the French Consulate on Fifth Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets to leave flowers and notes of condolences. Along with the blue, white, and red of the French flag, a graphic rendering of the Eiffel Tower used on social media to signal support for the residents of Paris was affixed to the Consulate’s door.
Throughout the darkened hours, the crowd remained somber and quiet.
Hours earlier, many hundreds surged into Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to show support for the people of France and mourn those lost. For the most part, that gathering, too, was quiet, except for when the crowd raised their fists and sang “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem.
