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New York, Nov. 17--In a swirl of confetti and shredded paper, John Glenn made his second trip through New York’s "Canyon of Heroes" in a parade Monday, saluting his return to space 36 years after he became America’s first man in orbit.
Glenn’s first ticker-tape parade on March 1, 1962, after his Mercury flight, is considered the largest ever in New York. An estimated 3,474 tons of confetti and ticker-tape rained down along a seven-mile route.
For his second parade, despite lunchtime crowds from Wall Street, the turnout Monday was sparse by New York standards and spectators along a route less than a mile long were surprisingly restrained. Police and Glenn’s parade was attended by 500,000 -- a figure that appeared generously inflated.
The 1962 celebration "was more enthusiastic -- a lot more people," said one spectator, who as a young newlywed attended Glenn’s first parade and came from her Brooklyn home again for Glenn’s second parade.
Another spectator said that too many Americans take the achievements of the space program for granted. "It’s become so everyday, so ordinary, nobody cares," he said.
Glenn began the day with decorating the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. After that event, Glenn recalled the 1962 parade, saying, "It was just so enormous. I remember just a blizzard of paper. You could hardly even look up without getting something in your eye."
Glenn, who retires from the U.S. Senate next month, joins a list of individuals and sports teams honored with more than one ticker-tape parade. 【題組】52. What impressed Glenn most in the 1962 parade?
(A) The huge crowd of people around him.
(B) The huge amount of paper poured over him.
(C) The Christmas tree in front of the Rockefeller Center.
(D) The key to the city he received from the mayor.
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