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WATCH: Drone Footage Shows An Empty Philadelphia Amid Coronavirus
Places such as the Ben Franklin Parkway and Philadelphia Museum of Art, City Hall, and more are eerily desolate in the footage. See it here.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphians, for the most part, are trying to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus by staying home in accordance with social distancing guidelines.
And drone footage shared on YouTube shows empty streets as we practice social distancing.
717 Drone Guys posted a video to their YouTube page Wednesday of drone footage over Philadelphia.
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"Historic aerial footage of Philadelphia like it's never been seen before - during a quarantine shelter in place order during the COVID-19 outbreak," the video description reads. "The absence of people and traffic give the city a surreal, eerie feeling."
The video shows footage of the Ben Franklin Bridge, Market Street, Logan Circle, Independence Hall, Free Library, Philadelphia City Hall, Ben Franklin Parkway and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Penn's Landing, Vine Street, North Broad Street, Christ Church, and other notable areas.
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"A big shout-out to the medical community on the front lines battling this pandemic," 717 Drone Guys said on YouTube. "Thank you for your work! Stay safe everyone!"
Watch the footage below:
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