NYC Halloween parade goes on after terror attack

People participate in the New York City Halloween parade in New York City — Reuters

The 44th annual New York City Halloween Day parade took place Tuesday in Greenwich Village, hours after a man killed 8 people and injured 12 others after driving onto a bicycle path in what officials described as a terror attack.

Thousands of people lined the streets for the parade, according to CBS New York. Many said they were not going to let the terror attack hold them back -- no matter what.

"We will proceed with the parade and certainly we've added more resources, more police officers, heavy weapons teams, blocker vehicles on the street leading to the route as well as more sand trucks," NYPD Chief Carlos Gomez said. "There's also heavy weapons teams being deployed throughout the city at key iconic locations."

NYC Halloween parade

Multiple People Injured After Truck Plows Through New York City Bike Path — Getty

NYPD officers stand guard during the annual Halloween parade.

Two hours after the attack, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said "we're not going to let them win, and if we change our lives, we contort ourselves to them, then they win and we lose."

Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio both attended the parade.

NYC Halloween parade

Some paradegoers noticed an increased police presence and secured barriers after the parade, CBS New York reports.

"They're further towards the side avenues and much narrower coming out of the subways, with officers watching closely -- so it's almost single-file as you come up the stairs out into the street," said parade attended Tom Cacciato, "and that's much different from years ago."