Patco and 90 percent of area hotel rooms were booked. The city of philadelphia and our region will be bass being in the glow of this successful event. Reporter there were no apparent Security Issues but three people were arrested over the weekend. One for dui, second for probation violation, and the third arrest, according to mayor nutter was idiotic. After having stood in line for an hour, and decided to then try to come through a security checkpoint with a large bag of illegal drugs. That is the definition of stupidity. Reporter while memories are still fresh for many, archbishop Charles Chaput said the city made an impression on pope francis. The holy father really was very impressed with the beauty of our city. He commented on that. He was very touched by the size of the crowd. And the city today would not comment on a exactly how many people showed up, this weekend but estimates over weekend put it over 800,000. Reporting live from city hall, rahel sol machine for cbs3 Eyewitness
Exactly. It is not necessarily the most pressing thing on my mind, to try to figure out how many people were there. Reporter despite not having a estimate mayor says weekends events were a success for hundreds of thousands hossa tended. More definite numbers were, however a available for other areas, according to the city about 28,000 people rode septas Regional Rail saturday, about 34,000 on sunday. Patco saw nearly 26,000 passengers this weekend, and about 90 percent of area hotel rooms were booked. Security was also tight, and, 71 agencies involved, and checkpoint lines, at times, were long. Even archbishop Charles Chaput said some of his friend had issues. Some of my friend, who tried to come, were still waiting to get in when it was almost over. Reporter now the event is officially over. While the city didnt provide specifics on how many people attended, mayor nutter says the weekend, however large, it actually was is proof for the future the city of philadelphia can handle major
Keeping an eye on the cleanup area residents. Most seemed impressed by the progress today but still trod have their neighborhood back, though some found the benefit in the road closures. It was nice walking in the streets without any traffic, you know, and just riding your bike, you didnt have to worry about traffic. Reporter and the parkway remains shut down basically from 21st here to eakins oval. Mayor Michael Nutter at a press Conference Today didnt put an exact time on when the parkway would be reopened. He says once crews get done it will reopen. Live along the parkway, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you chad. Leftover pallets of water were given out free to pilgrims. But they were left on the parkway. Word gout out and some people helped themselves loading up their cars, even baby strollers. Dwayne autrey told action news hes taking water to his church to help the homeless. They also received texts that they giving out water so this will help our cause. Wawa prov
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