overheat

I had a coolant tube adapter explode a few days ago and cause my engine to get super hot while I was driving, as well as completely empty my coolant reservoir. I got it fixed, and it started directly afterwords, but I then had to leave town for a few days. I went to leave for work this morning...

I have an 03 white Jetta GLS with the 2.0l non turbo I was driving in NYC waiting to get on the George Washington Bridge and traffic did not move for 2 hours. I noticed the engine temp beginning to go up beyond normal running temp and quickly turned off the AC which was cranking in the sunlit...