The New Year’s Eve Ball Will Drop, Covid or Not, if John Trowbridge Has His Way

The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop in Times Square is a Manhattan ritual that an estimated billion people watch world-wide. Its success hangs on John Trowbridge, who manages the sphere’s tech systems.

So this year, Mr. Trowbridge, operating at one of America’s most crowded intersections, felt he simply couldn’t, mustn’t, would not get Covid-19.