A Big Build-Up to a Big Drop: The Times Square New Year's Ball

An estimated 1 million people will pack New York City's Times Square to watch the huge, brilliantly lighted, crystal ball drop to signal the start of the new year. It is an American New Year's tradition that goes back more than a century. As VOA's Kevin Enochs reports, lot of work goes into making sure that ball lights up the sky in spectacular fashion, exactly on time.