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It's coming up to midday on an unceasibly warm Saturday the 16th of March 2002.

On New York's 5th Avenue, a 12-year-old boy is marching along the street, holding his father's

hand in a tight grip.

He's been warned that on no account are they to be separated, not if they ever want to see each

other again. The Avenue is a joyous cacophony of noise.

The boy can hardly hear himself think over the band just ahead.

Its drummers beat a heart-rousing rhythm, competing against the hum of a crowd of thousands.

It's exhilarating, overwhelming.

Never before has he experienced such a sense of collective excitement.

Everywhere is a sea of green. He himself is wearing a green

t-shirt and a fluffy leprokorn hat that he's persuaded his dad to buy from one of the multitude

of street vendors. A young woman skips over, pirouating around

them with a grin on her face and a whistle in her mouth. When she rejoins her group of friends,

his dad says, it looks like they've already had a Guinness or two.

It is the first time that the boy has taken part in a St Patrick's Day parade,

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