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Image: Coast Guard Crews Protect New York Harbor
The Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island, homeported in Sandy Hook, NJ., stands watch over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Harbor Aug. 28, 2003. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by PO Mike Lutz/Released)