Relief-Seekers Crowd City Pools

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

On the third day of the heat wave, New Yorkers trying to escape the torrid weather packed into the pool at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem. Outside the pool, 3 members of the city's summer youth employment program sat guarding a garden hose from theft.

One of them, Josie Sahada noted that the heat was making tempers rise.

SAHADA: Its getting a lot more hectic, more violence going on, the pool is getting like out of control, people getting arrested and stuff. I guess the heat is affecting everyone and everyone wants to come in, have fun, act all crazy and you know people are just taking advantage.

REPORTER: No attempted hose thefts were reported.

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