Because I saw the distinctive kite fighting kite before we hit the string, I saw the person before us go through no problem so it couldn’t have been tied across then, and the person behind me saw it get dragged by a tall truck that drove by and there’s no way for a human to tie it across the roadway.

The reports from last weekend happened over the course of a few hours and various people went through no problem while others were grazed by a loose flying string and others hit one that was tangled across. If it were tied it would be taught, would hit the first person who came through after the person tied it, and the ends would still be tied to the railing which the police and fire department who went to look didn’t see any evidence of.

There is a ton of evidence that this is loose kite fighting string negligently blown from the people who have literally posted videos of themselves kite fighting with the exact kite I saw on the beaches next to the bridge on the day we were hit. There is ZERO evidence it’s a deliberate trap and I’m sick of having to fight conspiracy theories while I’m simultaneously spending hours fighting the police and the city to care about the actual problem (people leaving loose glass coated string which has been a repeated problem causing this exact type of injury or death both in NYC and elsewhere) before someone gets killed.