City of Cleveland’s celebration is literally lit, from outer space
After 52 years without a championship, you probably expected the City of Cleveland’s celebration of their Cavaliers’ stunning title victory to be lit, as the kids say, and as expected it was — quite literally.
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NASA astronaut Terry W. Virts, who once commanded the International Space Station, tweeted this photo capturing the view of the city lights emanating around Lake Erie. This photo may or may not have been taken following Game 7, since Virts returned to Earth in June 2015, but fellow American Jeff Williams is still stationed in space, and, well, it’s a lot cooler to imagine watching Cleveland’s celebration from space.
Almost immediately, rumors circulated that citizens of Cleveland had started by stealing a fire truck.
As it turns out, the fire truck wasn’t so much stolen as it was commandeered by a bunch of Clevelanders.
A police officer was injured upon being struck by a hit-and-run driver and a man was wounded in the ankle by gunshots around 1 a.m., according to Cleveland.com. All in all, no overturned vehicles or fires were reported and “not many arrests” were made by 12:20 a.m., police said. For an estimated crowd of 30,000 in a major city, things could’ve been worse. Although, this police cruiser didn’t fare so well.
Then again, the victory parade is set for Wednesday in Cleveland, so the party may have just started.
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