- Title: 'I'm horrified' - New Yorkers voice concern after U.S. strike on Iran
- Date: 28th February 2026
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 28, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FOX NEWS TICKER INFORMING ABOUT ATTACK ON IRAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) MIKE LEWYN, 62, TEACHER, NEW YORK RESIDENT, SAYING: "I just heard about it like two seconds ago when I saw that crawl, so I don't really have enough time to know anything. Like, I'm instinctively worried whenever, you know, the U
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- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001948728022026RP1
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- Story Text: New Yorkers reacted with worry, disbelief, and criticism on Saturday (February 28) after the United States had launched an attack on Iran earlier in the morning.
Outside the Fox News headquarters, where a large digital ticker flashed alerts about the attack, 62-year-old teacher Mike Lewyn said he had only just learned of the development.
“I just heard about it like two seconds ago when I saw that crawl, so I don't really have enough time to know anything,” he said. “I'm instinctively worried whenever the United States, our country, starts bombing people, but sometimes it works fine, and sometimes it doesn't, so we'll see. I'll have more of an opinion in a day or two, I'm sure.”
Sherry Fyman, a 76-year-old retired New York resident, said she was “horrified” by the U.S. action.
“There's no grounds for it," she said. "It's totally unclear why President Donald Trump is undertaking something so catastrophic.”
A man who gave his name only as Gary said the United States should not intervene militarily and "let people live in peace."
“I don't think any country should be invaded without provocation," he said. “We don't need to interfere in other people's affairs."
On a busy stretch of 42nd Street, street vendor Modibo Sissoko, 43, expressed fear that conflict would worsen economic strain on the Iranian people.
“Things are already hard," he said. "Imagine if they add war to that. The country will be down again. So, I wish they stop. I wish they stop.”
The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations remained quiet on Saturday, with its exterior unchanged as cars passed along East 40th Street.
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