399078 02: Workers install the final light bulbs onto the exterior of the Times Square New Years Ball December 28, 2001 in New York City. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Times Square security would equal or exceed measures taken for the millennium. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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399078 02: Workers install the final light bulbs onto the exterior of the Times Square New Years Ball December 28, 2001 in New York City. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Times Square security would equal or exceed measures taken for the millennium. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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