Michael Jackson Vigil, Union Square 12:30am

by Robert Sietsema

June 26, 2009

Sign reads, “Michael Thank You! For Your Music Dance and Your Great Humanity, You’ll Always Be in Our Hearts.”

Mourners try to recreate steps from Thriller video, as crowd hums along.

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