LOL gotta love us, everyone needs some levity at times. I don't even know how many show up to see professional eaters gorge themselves on hot dogs at Coney Island every year, but it's a lot. LOL It turns my stomach to watch on the tele, but I still do. I couldn't eat 70 hot dogs in two months, let alone minutes...
It's crazy, plus you have to consider Manhattan and the sheer population density. A lot of those people were probably just out for a Saturday stroll and wondered what the heck was was going on, so they just needed to be part of the show.