N.Y. fetes Giants with Super Bowl parade

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N.Y. fetes Giants with Super Bowl parade

The Giants returned from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

Fans cheer as they arrive in lower Manhattan for the start of the New York Giants Super Bowl parade.

New York Giants fans cheer during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York. The Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17 on Sunday, Feb. 5, in Indianapolis.

New York Giants fans jeer a New England Patriots fan after he is led away from the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.

New York Giants fans cheer while watching the team's victory Parade in New York, Feb. 7, 2012.

C.J. Fortunes, 5, from Old Bridge, N.J., looks up at confetti flying in the air around him during the New York Giants' victory Parade on Broadway, in New York.

The Giants returned from their Super Bowl win to a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway.

Fans cheer as they arrive in lower Manhattan for the start of the New York Giants Super Bowl parade in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Eli Manning and the New York Giants are Super Bowl champions again. Just as they did four years ago in Arizona, Tom Coughlin's Giants have defeated Bill Belichick's New England Patriots, this time 21-17 in Indianapolis for their fourth Lombardi Trophy.

Construction worker Frank Kazanecki tie a giant painted sign to the Pier A construction, near the starting point for the New York Giants Super Bowl parade in New York.

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin waves at fans during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York.

The New York Giants make their way up Broadway during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The Giants returned from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

New York Giants fans cheer and reach for autographs from the players during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.

Fans pour confetti from a hi-rise before the start of the New York Giants Super Bowl parade in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Eli Manning and the New York Giants are Super Bowl champions again. Just as they did four years ago in Arizona, Tom Coughlin's Giants have defeated Bill Belichick's New England Patriots, this time 21-17 in Indianapolis for their fourth Lombardi Trophy.

Former professional boxer Mike Tyson, right, looks out the window of a high rise near Battery Park as a crowd gathers at the park in preparation for the start of a ticker-tape parade celebrating the New York Giants NFL Super Bowl XLVI championship, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in New York.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, center, holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy and defensive end Justin Tuck, right, holding the Halas Trophy, wave to the crowd.

New York Giants fans holds up signs and cheer during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade.

New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck, left, holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and quarterback Eli Manning, holding the Halas Trophy, wave to the crowd during a ticker-tape parade celebrating the team's NFL Super Bowl XLVI championship.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, holds the Halas Trophy, while New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, right, waves to the crowd during a ticker-tape parade celebrating the team's NFL football Super Bowl XLVI championship, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in New York.

New York Giants fans cheer during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York.

New York Giants' Victor Cruz, center, points to fans during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade.

New York Giants' Brandon Jacobs, left, and Ahmad Bradshaw greet fans after jumping off their float during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade.

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Fans cheer as they arrive in lower Manhattan for the start of the New York Giants Super Bowl parade.

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