(Sanitation trucks filled with sand act as barricades along Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower.REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
As Americans around the country vote for the US’s next president, a strange sight unfolded in Manhattan.
Dump trucks filled with sand surround Trump Tower and the Javits Center, where Hillary Clinton will watch the election results.
The trucks and police surround both Manhattan addresses, though Trump will spend the evening at the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue.
The massive trucks filled with sand provide a dense, protective barrier in the event of a bomb.
While it is an unusual sight, the truck tactic has been used before. The New York Times reported in 1983 that the Reagans ate their Thanksgiving dinner while dump trucks filled with sand surrounded the White House in response to an apparent bomb scare.
Row of heavy dump trucks filled with sand are providing a protective barrier for Trump Tower on #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/DW2bpZBB3D
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 8, 2016
Same kind of Dump Trucks protecting Hillary Clinton's location tonight #Elections2016 pic.twitter.com/iNMXunDAnP
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 8, 2016
