Downtown Omaha New Year’s Eve fireworks cut short by person tripping on cord

The New Year’s Eve fireworks in Downtown Omaha were cut short Wednesday evening.

A statement from Mayor John Ewing Jr.’s office and the Holiday Lights Festival says someone entered the ‘firing zone’ after the show started.

Officials say operators told him to leave, and when he ran, he tripped over a cord “disabling the remainder of the fireworks show.”…

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