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A GIANT win for New York!
On Sunday, February 3, 2008 over 97.5 million Americans saw the New York
Giants become the 42nd NFL Super Bowl Champions. The football team based
in New Jersey, considered to be the “underdog” in this battle,
surprised the country with an upset victory.
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The 17-14 last-minute win of the Giants against the so far undefeated
New England Patriots was not only one of the most memorable Super
Bowl moments in National Football League history, it was also the
most watched Super Bowl ever and the second biggest event in American
television history. Only the “MASH” series finale in 1983,
with 106 million viewers, was seen by more people. This year’s
game had almost all the ingredients a television network could have
hoped for: a tight contest with a thrilling finish involving a team
(Patriots) that was attempting to make history as the NFL's first
unbeaten team since 1972. This years Super Bowl was one of the closest
games ever. The teams were never separated by more than one touchdown
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With a snowstorm of more than 50 tons of confetti and paper raining
down from skyscrapers thousands of Giants fans celebrated on Manhattan's
streets and saluted their improbable champions. “I still can't
believe it,” Michael Strahan said as the three times Super Bowl
champion was leaving New Jersey to come to New York. “I am still
in some kind of shock.” The float also carried the game’s
MVP Eli Manning as well as the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which was well
protected in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s arms. The parade began
at the tip of lower Manhattan in Battery Park and proceeded north
on Broadway, going past the financial district and the site of the
World Trade Center before a finale at City Hall Park. This famous
route is also known as the “Canyon of Heroes”. After the
festivities the team officials received the “Key to the City”
by Mayor Bloomberg.
Although
it was a day ruled by the Giants parade, February5, 2008 will also
be remembered as an important day for politics. New York and the
23 other “Super Tuesday” states were holding primaries
to find the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. At
City Hall, supporters of Senator Barack Obama were surrounded by
fans wearing the Giants “Red, White and Blue.”
But no matter which political directions people were supporting,
on “Giant Super Tuesday” everybody agreed on one subject:
celebrating the Champions because you never know when they will
win it again.
Article by Tobias Göhr
February 6, 2008 |
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