It was an early wake up call at 4am, and we had to climb over a fence to get into the park (shhhh!), but WOW how beautiful this was! Before dawn, they fired up balloons that rose and “twinkled” off and on against the dark sky, to dramatic music.


At sunrise, there was a moving tribute to the victims of 9/11 with the crowd singing the Star Spangled Banner as they lifted a huge flag between two balloons. We’re in the photo with Mike’s brother Dan, wife Vicki, their son Matt and his girlfriend Andrea.

Following that, there was a mass ascension of over 100 balloons of all shapes and sizes (including Smokey the Bear). I don’t even know how to start to capture that on film… balloons everywhere you looked.


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