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N.Y. Marathon Sees Record Numbers Amid Heightened Security

Enhanced security at today's ING N.Y. Marathon saw police officers on "nearly every corner" and bomb-sniffing dogs,  but none of the heightened security "could keep a record number" of 50,740 runners from competing. The city of N.Y. "shined in all its splendor for a national television audience, a year after the race was canceled for Superstorm Sandy" (AP, 11/3). 

Helicopters "hovered over the starting village all morning and the NYPD said it was the first year that metal detector wands were used for everyone at the site." N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, "wearing an orange running jacket, hung medals around the necks of the male and female winners" (NYDAILYNEWS.com, 11/3). Security was "top priority" at the event, as officials said that there were "some 1,500 cameras along the running route" (NEWSDAY.com, 11/3).

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