The truth about the fireworks
At least it’s not the Russians this time. If you’ve heard a lot of fireworks in your neighborhood recently, you’re not alone. People in all five boroughs of New York City report hearing and seeing them more this year than ever before. I grew up in Brooklyn. Somewhere around early June, a kid on your block would tell you he had access to M-80s or some bottle rockets. Someone always had an uncle in Pennsylvania who was going to hook them up. As a kid I always pictured Pennsylvania as a wonderland of explosions and lights. The older kids had the better stuff, the kind that exploded high in the air. If you watched them long enough, you could always see a minor injury which was usually more entertaining than the firecrackers.
