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Balloon handler Keri O'Connell, of Franklin Square, injured during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

A volunteer balloon handler from Long Island in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was injured yesterday. Keri O'Connell told Newsday that she was handling the Buzz Lightyear balloon when a golf cart

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Nov 29, 2013, 1:03 PM

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